§ 21.52.271. Special group residence (board and care, convalescent home, half-way house, boardinghouse/lodginghouse, communal housing and the like).

The following conditions shall apply to special group residences including, but not limited to, board and care, convalescent home, half-way house, boardinghouse/lodginghouse and communal housing:

A.

Density. In a residential zone, special group housing shall be limited to the density allowed by the underlying zone district multiplied by the number indicated in Table 52-2. In congregate care facilities, each bedroom with one (1) or two (2) beds shall count as a unit when calculating density. In bedrooms with more than two (2) beds, each bed shall count as a unit. This shall be the maximum permitted density. The Planning Commission may require a lower density as the situation requires. In a nonresidential zone, density shall be limited to one (1) unit per two hundred (200) square feet of lot area;

B.

Location. In a residential district, no other similar facility may be in operation within one-half (1½) mile of the proposed project site. If the use is a fraternity or sorority, the use shall be sufficiently isolated from other residential uses so as not to potentially disturb the neighborhood;

C.

Concerns. Consideration of the conditional use permit shall address crime rate, concentration of similar uses, and the style and scale of the proposed building in relation to other buildings in the immediate vicinity;

D.

Continuation of Use. The applicant shall provide evidence that the use will remain as that use applied for through deed restriction or other method suitable to the Planning Commission;

E.

Open Space. Each facility shall provide not less than three hundred (300) square feet of common open space and one hundred fifty (150) square feet of usable open space per unit or room. Of the one hundred fifty (150) square feet, not less than fifty (50) square feet shall be private open space, and the remainder may be common open space added to the required three hundred (300) square feet of common open space;

F.

Public Transit Stop. The facility shall be located within one thousand feet (1,000′) by legal pedestrian route to a public transit stop; and

G.

Parking. Parking and loading shall be provided as required by Chapter 21.41 (Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements).

(Ord. C-6595 § 16, 1989; Ord. C-6533 § 1 (part), 1988)

Table 52-2 Density Multiples for Special Group Residences
Use	Density Multiple
Board and care home (limit of 50 beds)	2.0
Convalescent home (limit of 50 beds)	2.0
Boardinghouse/lodginghouse (limit of 50 beds)	2.0
Halfway house (limit of 50 beds)	2.0
Fraternity or sorority (limit of 50 beds)	2.0
Dormitory (limit of 50 beds)	2.0
Monastery, convent, communal housing, religious house (limit of 50 beds)	2.0