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15-13-25: RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES FOR ELDERLY PERSONS:
   A.   Purpose: The purpose of this section is to comply with section 10-9-605 of the Utah code.
   B.   Requirements: A "residential facility for elderly persons" shall comply with the following requirements:
      1.   The facility shall meet all applicable building, safety, zoning, and health ordinances applicable to similar dwellings.
      2.   Minimum site development standards shall be the same as those for a single-family dwelling or dwelling unit in the zone in which the facility is located.
      3.   The facility shall be capable of use as such facility without structural or landscaping alterations that would change the structure's residential character.
      4.   The use granted and permitted by this subsection is nontransferable and terminates if the structure is devoted to a use other than as a residential facility for the elderly, or if the structure fails to comply with the applicable health, safety, and building codes.
      5.   No residential facility for elderly persons, which facility has more than five (5) elderly persons in residence, shall be established or maintained within six hundred sixty feet (660') measured in a straight line between the closest property lines of the lots or parcels, of the following similar facilities:
         a.   Another residential facility for the elderly with more than five (5) elderly persons in residence;
         b.   A residential facility for persons with a disability licensed for more than five (5) disabled persons;
         c.   Any of the following facilities: protective housing facility; transitional housing facility; assisted living facility or rehabilitation/treatment facility.
(Ord. 2000-2, 1-4-2000)