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Social Service & Congregate Living Ordinance

JOINT COMMITTEE PUBLIC WORKSHOP - SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

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Process for Zoning Amendment

• Public workshop (Joint Committee)
• September 9
• October 15
• Other?
• Public Hearing (City Council)
• PLD Committee makes recommendation to City Council
• Council votes on Ordinance

TONIGHT’s MEETING

What is Zoning?

• Divides the City into districts
• Prescribes what can happen and where
• Regulates placement, spacing & size of land & buildings

RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS COMMERCIAL & MIXED USE DISTRICTS

Rural District Permitted Uses

Dwelling, Single-Family Accessory Dwelling Unit PWC Manufactured Housing Park & Manufactured Housing Subdivisions Bed & Breakfast / Inn SEWC Group Home PWC Gravel Pits SE Home Occupation Incidental to Main Residential Use PWC Kennel PWC Outdoor Recreational Activity as a Business PWC Towers for Transmission, Communication, and/or Cellular Telephone Transmission SE Veterinary Establishment PWC Cemetery Noncommercial Outdoor Recreation Activity PWC Greenhouses or Nurseries for Raising of Flowers & Other Horticultural Products (Including raising of such products for sale on the premises) Harvesting of Forestry Products Raising & Selling of Farm Animals and/or Products Institutional Use SEWC

• Asphalt plant
• Tannery
• Rendering plant
• Explosives manufacturing
• Sanitarium
• Convalescent home
• Home for the aged

Outdated Uses

LODGINGHOUSE GROUP HOME

Current Regulations

R LD LD-1 MD HD HD-1 O A CBL CB COM I IP HC Health Care Facility P Lodginghouse SE P Group Home P SE SE SE P P Institutional Use* SE SE SE SE SE SE SE P P P SE SE

R = Rural LD = Low Density LD-1 = Low Density 1 MD = Medium Density HD = High Density HD-1 = High Density 1 CBL = Central Business Limited CB = Central Business COM = Commerce I = Industrial IP = Industrial Park HC = Health Care O = Office A = Agriculture

*Subject to Street Listing in Zoning Ordinance

Proposed Uses

Congregate Living:

• Homeless Shelter
• Domestic Violence Shelter
• Residential Drug Treatment Facility
• Residential Care Facility
• Group Home*
• Lodginghouse*

*Amendments proposed to current use definition.

Social Service:

• Social Service Center
• Food Pantry
• Drug Treatment Clinic

What are Congregate Living Uses?

Lodging House Group Home Homeless Shelter Domestic Violence Shelter Residential Drug / Alcohol Treatment Facility Residential Care Facility

Transient (<30 day stay)

x x

Medical Care

x x x

Nonmedical Care

x x x x

On-site Supervision

x x x x

Need State/Fed. License

x x

Requires Fee

x

What are Social Service Uses?

Social Service Center Food Pantry Drug Treatment Clinic Medical Care x Nonmedical Care x x Requires License x

USE ZONING DISTRICT R LD LD-1 MD HD HD-1 CB CBL COM O HC BGR

Group Home

P SE SE SE CUP P CUP P CUP

Lodginghouse

SE CUP P CUP

Domestic Violence Shelter

P P P P P

Drug Treatment Clinic

CUP

Food Pantry

P P P

Homeless Shelter

CUP CUP

Social Service Center

CUP CUP CUP

Residential Care Facility

CUP CUP CUP CUP CUP CUP

Residential Drug / Alcohol Treatment Facility

CUP CUP

Where would proposed uses be located?

Uses Requiring Conditional Use Permit & Operating License

Congregate Living:

• Homeless Shelter
• Residential Drug Treatment Facility
• Residential Care Facility
• Group Home
• Lodginghouse*

*Currently requires operating license from City Council

Social Service:

• Social Service Center
• Drug Treatment Clinic

Conditional Use Permit

• The proposed use will not have a significant adverse impact on the general

welfare, safety, and health of the neighborhood or community, including that

• f the client population being served by such uses.
• The proposed use is compatible with the character of the surrounding area

in terms of operational characteristics including hours of operation, outdoor lighting, noise, and traffic generation.

Conditional Use Permit Criteria Continued

Group Home:

• Must maintain the appearance of a residential structure.
• When located in an existing residential structure, the design and operation of the facility must not alter the

residential character of the structure. Residential Care Facility: When located in an existing residential structure, the design and operation of the facility must not alter the residential character of the structure. Drug Treatment Clinic:

• Security lighting is required. Such lighting must be adequate to deter or detect intrusions or other criminal activity

during non-daylight hours.

• Shall not be located directly adjacent to a zoning district that allows for single family dwelling units.

Residential Drug/Alcohol Treatment Facility: Facilities shall not be located directly adjacent to a zoning district that allows for single family dwelling units. Social Service Center: Shall not be located directly adjacent to a zoning district that allows for single family dwelling units. Homeless Shelter: Shall not be located directly adjacent to a zoning district that allows for single family dwelling units.

Operating License Criteria

• Description of the property location
• Description of the client population
• Max # of beds or persons of facility
• Property owner contact info
• Operator contact info (24-hour contact

for the public and the City)

• A management plan
• A security plan
• Evidence that all required

licenses/permits obtained

• Labels for direct abutters

 Domestic Violence Shelter means a facility that provides temporary shelter, protection, and support for those escaping domestic violence and intimate partner violence, including victims of human trafficking. A domestic violence shelter also accommodates the minor children of such individuals. The facility may also offer a variety services to help individuals and their children including counseling and legal guidance. The facility shall be managed by a public or non-profit agency with in-house supervision provided on a 24-hour basis.  Homeless Shelter means a facility that provides temporary shelter without a fee to persons who are homeless. The facility shall be managed by a public or non-profit agency with in-house supervision provided during

• peration.

 Residential Care Facility means a licensed facility that provides 24-hour medical and/or non-medical care to persons in need of personal care services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living, or for the protection of the individual. A residential care facility may include nursing care, assisted living, hospice care, and continuum of care facilities. Continuum of care facilities may also include independent living facilities as part of the continuum. Residential care facility does not include a residential drug/alcohol treatment facility.  Residential Drug/Alcohol Treatment Facility means a licensed facility that provides 24-hour in house supervision for medical and/or non-medical/therapeutic care of persons seeking rehabilitation from a drug and/or alcohol

• addiction. Such facilities may include medical detoxification.

Lodginghouse shall mean any dwelling for more than four unrelated persons, which lets provides separate rooms for sleeping accommodations for a fee for a transient or permanent basis, without personal care services, with or without meals, but and without separate cooking facilities for individual occupants. For purposes of this article, the term lodging house shall not include a hotel or motel. Lodginghouse shall include fraternity and/or sorority house. Group home means any premises, privately or publicly sponsored, where board and supervision are given to five or more persons not related by blood or marriage to the owner or primary occupant thereof, for the purpose of social rehabilitation and/or long term sheltered care. a facility in a residential dwelling, providing living accommodations and care for five or more unrelated persons who are in need of personal care services and/or are in need of

• supervision. Group home may include non-medical drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

 Drug Treatment Clinic means a non-residential facility authorized by the state to provide treatment and licensed drugs to persons, including, but not limited to, methadone or suboxone, to manage and treat drug dependencies.  Food Pantry means a non-profit organization that provides food directly to those in need. Food pantries receive, buy, store, and distribute food. Food pantries may also prepare meals to be served at no cost to those who receive them. A food pantry may be part of a place of worship, social service center, homeless shelter, and domestic violence shelter.  Social Service Center means a facility that provides services for persons recovering from chemical or alcohol dependency; survivors of abuse seeking support; persons transitioning from homelessness or prior incarceration; and persons with health and disability concerns. It does not include in-patient, overnight, or living quarters for recipients of the service or for the staff. Such service does not include medical examinations or procedures, or medical detoxification, dispensing of drugs or medications, or other treatments normally conducted in a medical

• ffice.

Recap

• Current Zoning Outdated
• Create opportunity for uses
• Establish review process for potential site impacts & public

input

• Align with current building, fire and life safety codes