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CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1A. STRUCTURE OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 2. ADMINISTRATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 2B. AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 3. AIR QUALITY CONTROL - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 3A. ALARMS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 5. ANIMAL CONTROL - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 8. BUILDINGS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 8A. CABLE COMMUNICATIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 10B. COMMON OWNERSHIP COMMUNITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11. CONSUMER PROTECTION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11A. CONDOMINIUMS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11B. CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 13. DETENTION CENTERS AND REHABILITATION FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 15. EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 16. ELECTIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 17. ELECTRICITY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 18A. ENERGY POLICY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 19. EROSION, SEDIMENT CONTROL AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 19A. ETHICS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 20 FINANCE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 21 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 22. FIRE SAFETY CODE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 22A. FOREST CONSERVATION - TREES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 23A. GROUP HOMES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 24. HEALTH AND SANITATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 24A. HISTORIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 24B. HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 25. HOSPITALS, SANITARIUMS, NURSING AND CARE HOMES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 25A. HOUSING, MODERATELY PRICED - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 25B. HOUSING POLICY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 26. HOUSING AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE STANDARDS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 27. HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 27A. INDIVIDUAL WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 29. LANDLORD-TENANT RELATIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 30. LICENSING AND REGULATIONS GENERALLY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 30C. MOTOR VEHICLE TOWING AND IMMOBILIZATION ON PRIVATE PROPERTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31A. MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR AND TOWING REGISTRATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31B. NOISE CONTROL - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31C. NEW HOME BUILDER AND SELLER REGISTRATION AND WARRANTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 33. PERSONNEL AND HUMAN RESOURCES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 33B. PESTICIDES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 35. POLICE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 36. POND SAFETY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 38A. RADIO, TELEVISION AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE INSTALLATION AND REPAIRS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 40. REAL PROPERTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 41. RECREATION AND RECREATION FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 41A. RENTAL ASSISTANCE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 42A. RIDESHARING AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 44. SCHOOLS AND CAMPS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 44A. SECONDHAND PERSONAL PROPERTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 45. SEWERS, SEWAGE DISPOSAL AND DRAINAGE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 47. VENDORS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 48. SOLID WASTES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 49. STREETS AND ROADS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 50. SUBDIVISION OF LAND - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 51 SWIMMING POOLS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 51A. TANNING FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 52. TAXATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 53. TAXICABS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 53A. TENANT DISPLACEMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 54. TRANSIENT LODGING FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 55. TREE CANOPY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 56. URBAN RENEWAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 56A. VIDEO GAMES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 57. WEAPONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 59. ZONING - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 60. SILVER SPRING, BETHESDA, WHEATON AND MONTGOMERY HILLS PARKING LOT DISTRICTS - REGULATIONS
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Section 3.5.7. Medical and Dental
A.   Clinic (Up to 4 Medical Practitioners)
1.   Defined
Clinic (Up to 4 Medical Practitioners) means a building occupied by up to 4 medical practitioners and related services to provide healthcare on an outpatient basis.
2.   Use Standards
a.   Where a Clinic (Up to 4 Medical Practitioners) is allowed as a limited use, it must occupy 5 percent or less of the floor area of the principal use and be an accessory use to one of the following principal uses:
i.   Residential Care Facility (Over 16 Persons);
ii.   Charitable, Philanthropic Institution;
iii.   Day Care Center (Over 30 Persons);
iv.   Educational Institution (Private); or
v.   Religious Assembly.
If the principal use was approved as a conditional use or special excep- tion, then this accessory use must satisfy the Minor Amendment provi- sions applicable to the principal use.
b.   Where a Clinic (Up to 4 Medical Practitioners) is allowed as a conditional use, it may be permitted by the Hearing Examiner under Section 7.3.1, Conditional Use, and the following standards:
i.   The minimum lot width at the front lot line is 100 feet.
ii.   The minimum setback from a lot that is vacant or residentially improved is 40 feet. The minimum setback from all other abutting lots is 20 feet.
iii.   The site must front on and have direct access to a Town Center Street or Downtown street or higher classification; however, access to a corner lot may be from an abutting street built to Neighborhood Connector standards, if the Hearing Examiner finds the access to be appropriate and not detrimental to existing residential uses on the Neighborhood Connector street.
iv.   Office space suitable for the practice of the profession must be unavailable in either the nearest Commercial/Residential or Employment zone or the nearest medical clinic office building constructed.
v.   A maximum of 4 additional medical practitioners may be present at any one time, and only if the presence of the additional practitioners will not generate additional patient-related traffic. The additional practitioners are only allowed to assist a practitioner in a specific surgical or diagnostic procedure or perform administrative work related to the treatment of patients onsite the same day. A written record must be kept for inspection by County enforcement staff identifying the physicians onsite and their schedules of seeing patients and performing administrative work.
B.   Clinic (More than 4 Medical Practitioners)
1.   Defined
Clinic (More than 4 Medical Practitioners) means a building occupied by more than 4 medical practitioners and related services to provide healthcare on an outpatient basis. Clinic (More than 4 Medical Practitioners) does not include emergency medical care accessory to a Hospital.
2.   Use Standards
a.   Where a Clinic (More than 4 Medical Practitioners) is allowed as a limited use, the following conditions must be satisfied:
i.   If the use is located in a CRN zone and the subject lot abuts or confronts a property zoned Agricultural, Rural Residential, or Residential Detached that is vacant or improved with an agricultural or residential use, site plan approval is required under Section 7.3.4.
ii.   If the use is not located in the CRN zone, it must occupy 5 percent or less of the floor area of the principal use and must be an accessory use to one of the following principal uses:
(a)   Residential Care Facility (Over 16 Persons);
(b)   Charitable, Philanthropic Institution;
(c)   Day Care Center (Over 30 Persons);
(d)   Educational Institution (Private); or
(e)   Religious Assembly.
If the principal use was approved as a conditional use or special exception, then this accessory use must satisfy the Minor Amend- ment provisions applicable to the principal use.
b.   Where a Clinic (More than 4 Medical Practitioners) is allowed as a conditional use, it may be permitted by the Hearing Examiner under Section 7.3.1, Conditional Use.
C.   Medical, Dental Laboratory
Defined
Medical, Dental Laboratory means a private, non-profit, or research facility for the testing of blood and other clinical specimens, including a blood or plasma donation center. Medical, Dental Laboratory includes the fabrication of medical or dental appliances.
(Legislative History: Ord. No. 19-04, § 2; Ord. No. 19-39, § 5.)