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Definition
A single dwelling unit that is the domicile of not more than six handicapped persons who are not a "family" as that term is defined in this chapter, and who are persons living together as a single housekeeping unit. Up to two supervisory personnel may also reside on the premises, provided that the total number of residents, including supervisory personnel, does not exceed eight. For purposes of this definition, the term "domicile" means the legal, established, fixed, and permanent place of residence of a person, as distinguished from a temporary and transient, though actual, place of residence; and the term "handicapped person" means a handicapped person as defined in the federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, as amended
Districts Permitted
When located at least 1,000 feet from all other handicapped group dwelling units and group residential facilities (as defined in this chapter), by right in the following districts: agricultural, single family, duplex, townhouse, CH, MF-1(A), MF-1(SAH), MF-2(A), MF-2(SAH), MH(A), GO(A), central area, MU-1, and MU-1(SAH) districts; otherwise, by SUP only in the same districts. In the GO(A) district, the total floor area of this use in combination with all single family, duplex, and multifamily uses may not exceed five percent of the total floor area of the building in which the use is located. For purposes of this provision, the distance between uses is measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, between the nearest boundaries of the building sites on which the uses are located. (Note: The spacing component of these use regulations is based, not on the handicapped status of the residents, but on the non-family status of the groups.)
Required Off-Street Parking
One space in R-7.5(A), R-5(A), and TH districts; two spaces in all other districts. If an SUP is required for this use, the off-street parking requirement may be established in the ordinance granting the SUP. In determining this requirement, the city council shall consider the nature of the proposed use and the degree to which the use would create traffic hazards or congestion given the capacity of nearby streets, the trip generation characteristics of the use, the availability of public transit and the likelihood of its use, and the feasibility of traffic mitigation measures.
Required Handicapped Parking
Required Off-Street Loading
Additional Provisions
No certificate of occupancy is required for this use
This use liberalizes current restrictions on the number of unrelated persons who may reside together in a dwelling unit in the city for the exclusive benefit of handicapped persons seeking to permanently reside together as a single housekeeping unit. Its purpose is to comply with the substance and spirit of the federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, as amended, which requires that reasonable accommodations be made in rules, policies, and practices to permit persons with handicaps equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling
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