(a) A family home shall be for the purpose of serving the following categories of persons:
Developmentally disabled;
Mentally retarded; or
Physically handicapped.
(b) Such home shall be used by, exclusive of supervisory personnel, not less than two nor more than five persons per dwelling unit. The actual limit for each home should carefully fit the nature of the persons served, the location, the supervision provided and the facility.
(c) Freedom to exit the dwelling by persons using such home shall not be physically restricted.
(d) Each individual, group or agency operating a family home, as provided in this chapter, shall have a comprehensive written admissions policy which includes the following requirements:
Pre-admission screening procedures which include at least the following:
A preplacement interview of each prospective resident of such home by a staff member;
A preplacement visit by each prospective resident to such home;
Preplacement written agreements from all necessary agencies to provide those services to the prospective resident which are required under the prospective resident's treatment plan;
A proviso that City residents have first priority if of equal qualifications; and
A proviso that prospective residents be enrolled in day programs outside the community or be employed in the community;
Written assurances from the referring agency, prior to the transfer of each prospective resident, stating that each prospective resident can function adequately in a community setting and that such person will not constitute a reasonably foreseeable danger to the community; and
An admissions committee that shall include one City representative appointed by the Mayor. Such representative shall not have voting rights on the committee.
(e) A family home shall provide assurances that persons in the following categories shall not be admitted as residents:
Persons discharged, within the last ten years, from a penal or correctional facility or from the custody of the Ohio Department of Youth Services;
Persons under probation, parole or conditional release during the time of residence;
Persons discharged from any facility after being found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity;
Persons being treated for drug or alcohol abuse;
Persons who cannot function adequately in a community setting and/or who constitute a reasonably foreseeable danger to the community; and
Persons who have not completed all pre-admission requirements as set forth in paragraph (d)(1) hereof.
(Ord. 1986-31. Passed 1-12-87.)