"Independent living facility" means any public or private self-care facility or other housing facility, licensed by the State of Ohio, designed or used as a residence for elderly persons. An "independent living facility" does not include a residential facility, or that part of a residential facility, that is any of the following:
(a) A hospital required to be certified by Section 3727.02 of the Ohio Revised Code;
(b) A nursing home or residential care facility;
(c) An adult care facility;
(d) A hospice licensed under Section 3712.04 of the Ohio Revised Code;
(e) A residential facility for the mentally ill licensed by the department of mental health under Section 5119.22 of the Ohio Revised Code;
(f) A facility licensed to provide methadone treatment under Section 3793.11 of the Ohio Revised Code;
(g) A facility certified as an alcohol and drug addiction program under Section 3793.06 of the Ohio Revised Code;
(h) A residential facility licensed under Section 5123.19 of the Ohio Revised Code or a facility providing services under a contract with the Department of Developmental Disabilities under Section 5123.18 of the Ohio Revised Code;
(i) A residential facility used as part of a hospital to provide housing for staff of the hospital or students pursuing a course of study at the hospital.
(Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14; Ord. 198-23. Passed 11-27-23.)