§ 154.227 MENTAL INSTITUTION; SANITARIUM.

   (A)   All mental institutions/sanitariums shall have direct frontage onto a collector or arterial street, as shown on the Thoroughfare Plan.

   (B)   The minimum lot size shall be 5 acres with a minimum frontage of 200 feet.

   (C)   The structures shall be located a minimum of 200 feet from any zoning lot boundary.

   (D)   Signs shall be limited to 1 non-illuminated sign with a maximum area of 6 square feet. No other external evidence of the mental institution/sanitarium for identification or advertising purposes shall be permitted.

   (E)   At the time of the special use request, the operator of a facility shall provide information on, and if approved, shall utilize adequate measures to prevent the unauthorized exit of the patients. The more dangerous the patients are to the public, the more elaborate and certain the security measures shall be.

   (F)   Buffering and screening shall be as required by §§ 154.080 through 154.097.

   (G)   Parking shall be provided as required by §§ 154.135 through 154.147.

   (H)   The facility shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local requirements.

(1981 Code, § 838) (Ord. passed 6-28-2004)