§ 337.24 Nursing Homes, Convalescent Homes, Old Folks Homes, Homes for the Aged and Rest Homes
   (a)   Except as provided in Sections 329.01 and 329.04, no nursing home, convalescent home, old folks home, home for the aged, rest home or similar use shall hereafter be erected nor shall any such existing structure, building or use be hereafter altered or remodeled to provide for any increase in occupancy, or to affect a change in occupancy classification, in a one (1) and two (2) family use district without complying with the following requirements:
      (1)   Each such use shall have a minimum lot size of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet, and no less than eight hundred (800) square feet of lot area per patient.
      (2)   Each such use shall have a minimum frontage of two hundred (200) feet in single-family and two (2) family residential districts.
      (3)   Each such use shall have a side yard of no less than thirty (30) feet on each side.
      (4)   Each such use shall have a landscaped front yard of no less than thirty-five (35) feet, and where no off-street parking may be maintained.
      (5)   Each such structure or building shall be no more than a maximum of two (2) stories in height.
      (6)   Each such use shall provide space on the premises to the rear of the structure or building for the parking or garaging of motor vehicles so that there shall be one (1) such space for each professional staff member, including doctors and nurses, one (1) space for each three (3) other employees and one (1) space for each six (6) beds.
      (7)   Each such use shall provide permitted compact evergreen planting or a permitted masonry wall or fence to a height of five (5) feet above grade level along both side lot lines and the rear lot line.
   (b)   The provisions herein shall apply, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Zoning Code.
(Ord. No. 1242-65. Passed 7-12-65, eff. 7-15-65)