(a) As used in this section, "nursing home" means a place or institution the owner or proprietor of which is licensed by the State to furnish lodging and various degrees of domiciliary, custodial and/or medical care to three or more nonrelated persons by reason of their being elderly and/or convalescing. The term includes homes for aging persons, golden-age centers and rest homes, but not maternity or mental hospitals or similar institutions devoted primarily to medical diagnosis and surgical treatment.
(b) Nursing homes are permitted in Single-Family House Districts only by conditional use permit, as provided for in Chapter 1126.
(c) In addition to the general conditions contained in Section 1126.03, a conditional use permit for a nursing home in a Single-Family House District shall only be granted if Council and the City Planning Commission are satisfied that the following requirements will be met:
(1) Site location. A site for a nursing home or similar use shall be located so that it is:
A. Reasonably accessible to a place or center of community activity, active-treatment medical facilities and public transportation; and
B. Removed from factories and other sources of loud noise or noxious smoke and fumes.
(2) Site standards. A site for a nursing home or similar use shall meet the following requirements:
A. A minimum lot area of not less than 20,000 square feet, or providing not less than 2,200 square feet per dwelling or care unit, as applicable.
B. A minimum lot width of not less than 100 feet, at the building setback line.
C. A minimum front yard of not less than forty feet, or as established by the Zone Map, or as determined to comply with setbacks on adjacent sites.
D. Minimum side and rear yards of not less than twenty-five feet.
(3) Site improvements. A site for a nursing home shall be improved to provide the following:
A. Good drainage, adequate sewerage, water and electrical services as determined by the City Engineer under Municipal and State laws.
B. Off-street parking areas at a ratio of at least one parking space per four beds; all hard surfacing and driveway construction shall meet the engineering specifications of the City.
C. Landscaped areas, including lawns, trees and shrubs, to be maintained over not less than thirty percent of the total site area.
D. Fences along site boundaries as deemed necessary to preserve the privacy of adjacent sites.
(4) Buildings. Buildings to be erected and/or used for nursing homes or similar uses shall:
A. Contain rooms to be used for sleeping purposes of not less than 100 square feet for single occupancy, or eighty square feet per person for multiple occupancy;
B. Have a ground floor area not exceeding fifteen percent of the total area of the lot.
C. Not exceed two stories or thirty-five feet in height.
(5) Signs. The provisions of Chapter 1196
of these Codified Ordinances shall apply to nursing homes and similar uses in a Single-Family House District.
(6) Screening and buffering. As far as practicable, such conditional use will be subject to all of the requirements of Chapter 1199
, Section 1199.06
(a) notwithstanding.
(Ord. 267-92. Passed 2-16-93; Ord. 157-22. Passed 9-18-23.)