§ 153.152 USE UNIT 7 MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING AND SIMILAR USES.
   (A)   Description. Multifamily dwellings, group homes, and similar uses.
   (B)   Included uses.
      (1)   Apartment.
      (2)   Apartment hotel.
      (3)   Bed-and-breakfast.
      (4)   Boarding house.
      (5)   Convalescent home.
      (6)   Convent, monastery, novitiate.
      (7)   Elderly/retirement housing.
      (8)   Extended care facility
      (9)   Fraternity or sorority house.
      (10)   Group home.
      (11)   Multifamily dwelling.
      (12)   Nursing home.
      (13)   Resident hotel.
      (14)   Retirement center.
      (15)   Rooming/boarding house.
      (16)   Sanitarium.
      (17)   Tourist home.
   (C)   Use conditions.
      (1)   Intensity of use.
         (a)   Fraternity, sorority, rooming/boarding house. In the determination of the applicable bulk and area requirements a fraternity, sorority or rooming/boarding house shall be considered a multi-family dwelling, with each 600 square feet of floor area constituting a one-bedroom dwelling unit.
         (b)   Convent, monastery and novitiate, community group home, life care retirement center and nursing home. the maximum floor area ratio is .5.
         (c)   Covent, monastery, novitiate. A minimum site area of one acre shall apply.
      (2)   Group home.
         (a)   Must be licensed by the State of Indiana, Indiana State Health Department and meet contracting standards of the state of Indiana Department of Human Services for group homes for mentally retarded persons.
         (b)   No building may be occupied after the effective date of this amendment until a zoning clearance permit is obtained. This permit, will be revoked automatically upon revocation of the state license.
         (c)   No signs advertising the neighborhood group home shall be permitted on the lot.
         (d)   No exterior alteration of the dwelling or any customary accessory structure shall be made which would detract from the residential character of the structure. Fire escapes, if required, must be located on the rear of the structure if architecturally feasible or on the side of the structure and screened.
         (e)   To avoid clustering, neighborhood group home shall not be located on a lot within 1/4 mile (1,3 20 feet) of any other lot containing a neighborhood group home, a community group home, a residential treatment center, a transitional living center, an emergency of protective shelter, or detention/correctional facility.
      (3)   Retirement center. The nursing facility or medical facility must be licensed by the State of Indiana, Indiana State Health Department as an intermediate care or a skilled nursing home.
      (4)   Nursing home. The nursing home must be licensed by the State of Indiana, Indiana State Health Department as an intermediate care facility or as a skilled nursing home.
   (D)   Off-street parking and loading requirements.
Use
Parking Spaces
Loading Berths
Use
Parking Spaces
Loading Berths
Bed-and-breakfast
1 per sleeping
1 per 10,000-200,000 sq.ft.
Convent, monastery and novitiate
1 per 1,000 sq.ft. of floor area
1 per 10,000-200,000 plus 1 per each additional 200,000 sq. ft. of floor area
Elderly/retirement housing
0.75 per dwelling unit
None
Community group home
1 per 500 sq.ft. of floor
None
Fraternity or sorority house
1 per 2 beds
None
Life care
0.75 per dwelling unit
1 per 10,000-200,000
Retirement center
and .35 per nursing center bed
Sq. ft. Plus 1 per each additional 200,00 sq. ft. of floor area
Multifamily dwelling
1.5 per efficiency or 1 bedroom dwelling 2 per 2 or more bedroom dwelling unit
None
Nursing home
3.5 per nursing center bed
1 per 10,000-100,000 sq. ft. plus 1 per each additional 100,000 sq. ft. of floor area
Rooming/ Boarding house/ Resident hotel
1 per sleeping room
1 per 10,000-200,000 sq.ft. plus 1 per each additional 200,000 sq. ft.
Tourist Home
1 per sleeping room
1 per 10,000-200,000 sq.ft.
See §§ 153.181 through 153.185 for required minimum dimensions and design criteria for parking facilities.
 
(Ord. 12-16, passed 8-8-12)