(A) Definition. For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
GROUP HOME. A facility licensed by the state in which at least four but not more than eight persons not including resident managers or house parents, who are unrelated by blood, marriage or adoption reside while receiving therapy, training or counseling for the purposes of adaptation to living with, or rehabilitation of mental or physical disabilities.
(Prior Code, § 11-601)
(B) Establishment. A group home, as defined in division (A) above, may be established and operated in any residential zone within the exercised zoning jurisdiction of the city, except as limited in division (C) below.
(Prior Code, § 11-602)
(C) Exceptions.
(1) Departments and agencies of the state are prohibited from licensing a new group home if it will be within 1,200 feet of an existing group home, unless the City Council grants the proposed facility a conditional or special use permit. For purposes of this section, EXISTING GROUP HOME shall include, in addition to group homes defined in division (A) above, a home of any size which serves other populations, including but not limited to correctional homes and homes which serve people recuperating from the effects of drugs or alcohol, mental illness or physical disability.
(2) The number of group homes established in the city shall be limited according to the population of the city, except that the City Council may issue a variance to allow additional group homes. For a municipality with a population of 1,000 residents or less, one group home may be established, for a municipality with of population of more than 1,000 and less than 10,000 residents, one group home may be established for every 2,000 residents, for a municipality with a population of at least 10,000 residents but less than 50,000 residents, one group home may be established for every 3,000 residents.
(Prior Code, § 11-603)
(Ord. 366, passed 11-25-1980; Ord. 510, passed 11-28-1989)