Residential care homes and residential care facilities, where allowed, shall conform to all of the following standards and procedures. Note: Residential facilities are not the same as acute care facilities, which are classified as community service uses; and they are not the same as senior housing facilities that provide limited or no medical care, which are classified as multi-family housing.
(A) Licensing. Residential care homes and residential care facilities are residential treatment or training homes or adult foster homes licensed by the state. All residential care homes and residential care facilities shall be duly licensed, consistent with ORS 197.660 through 197.670.
(B) Residential care homes. Residential care homes may provide residential care alone, or in conjunction with treatment and/or training, for five or fewer individuals who need not be related. Staff persons required to meet state-licensing requirements are not counted in the number of facility residents and need not be related to each other or the residents.
(C) Residential care facilities. Residential care facilities may provide residential care alone, or in conjunction with treatment and/or training, for six to 15 individuals who need not be related. Staff persons required to meet state-licensing requirements are not counted in the number of facility residents and need not be related to each other or the residents.
(F) Screening and buffering. The city may require a landscape hedge or fence be installed on the property line separating a residential care facility from an abutting single-family dwelling for the purposes of visual screening and privacy between uses. Screening and buffering shall conform to the standards of §§ 153.155 through 153.159.
(Ord. 1267, passed 1-3-2012)