(A) Purpose. Regulations governing shared family dwelling and/or mini nursing homes are intended to provide opportunities for safe, sanitary and affordable housing to single parents, elderly and disabled persons allowing a “sharing” of the dwelling. They are also sharing to provide security, companionship and sharing household tasks and savings in household expenses. The residents of nature and such a dwelling shall not be used to provide temporary or transient housing. No portion of these regulations is to be interpreted as applying to limited care/treatment center or half-way houses.
(B) Definition. SHARED FAMILY DWELLINGS and/or MINI NURSING HOMES (for the developmentally disabled) shall be any building occupied by not more than four developmentally disabled residents, who shall be supervised and monitored in their daily activities by a recognized local social services agency, in which the common areas and facilities are shared, thus meeting their household needs.
(C) Conditions. In order to ensure compliance with the above definition and intended use of shared family dwellings and/or mini nursing homes, the Board of Zoning Adjustments shall determine and provide adequate conditions for each conditional use permit issued as follows:
(1) Determine that the recognized local social services agency is in fact an agency currently operating in Frankfort/Franklin County; and
(2) Attach reasonable conditions to ensure that each such dwelling is monitored on a regular basis by the recognized local social service agency, such schedule to be determined by the Board. Any change in site location or monitoring agency will cause the conditional permit use to become null and void.
(D) Location. Shared family dwellings and/or mini nursing homes are permitted in any multi-family district, except shall be permitted only as a conditional use in the following zone districts: PO (Professional Office); RD (Two Dwelling District); and RL (Low Density Multi-Family).
(E) Limitation of occupancy. A shared family dwelling and/or mini nursing home shall consist of two or more private spaces for the exclusive use of an individual “family unit” and common spaces shared by these “families”. These common spaces shall include a kitchen, dining and living area.
(F) Alteration of structure. No residential structure shall be altered or enlarged beyond its existing exterior walls in order to accommodate the shared family dwelling and/or mini nursing home. In addition, no structure shall be internally remodeled to accommodate the addition of more bedrooms for a shared family and/or mini nursing home use than those that organically existed; except that, a three- bedroom house may be enlarged, via interior remodeling only, to a four-bedroom house.
(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 15.15) Penalty, see § 155.999