§ 50-760. Group homes and foster care facilities.

The following provisions shall apply to group homes and foster care facilities:

(1)

Definitions. As used in this section, the following words and terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed:

a.

Ambulatory: Able to walk.

b.

Foster home: A family-operated, state-licensed and supervised dwelling unit with no more than two foster parents and three other residents who are either family members of state clients.

c.

Group home: A facility which is licensed by the state and which at:

1.

Level I contains up to four residents.

2.

Level II contains up to eight residents.

3.

Level III contains up to 12 residents.

4.

Level IV contains up to 20 residents.

d.

Intensity of care: The degree of personal care and therapeutic care required, either low or high. The term "low" means both low personal care and low therapeutic care, and the term "high" includes all other combinations.

e.

Respite care: Intensive and personal care, usually in the home of the patient, at a level of care between that found in a foster care facility and a group home. A permitted use as matter of right in all zoning districts.

(2)

Classification matrix. Three classes of facility have been identified for the purpose of deciding what uses may be permitted in the various zoning districts. These are:

a.

Class 1: Low potential for community impact.

b.

Class 2: Moderate potential for community impact.

c.

Class 3: High potential for community impact.

Each type of institutional facility has been assigned a class in table 79-1. Table 79-2 identifies, by district, where a particular class is permitted as a matter of right, as a special exception, or is prohibited.

(3)

Densities. Within all residential districts, no more than one foster home shall be permitted per town block. There shall be no density cap in commercial districts.

TABLE 79-1
CLASSES ASSIGNED TO THE VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN LEVY COUNTY

Facility Class
Housing Type	Intensity Low	Intensity High
		Non-Ambulatory	Ambulatory
Foster Home	1	1	1
Group Home	1	1	2
Group II	2	2	2
Group III	2	2	2
Group IV	3	3	3
Residential Facility (+ 20 Persons)	3	3	3

 

TABLE 79-2
ZONING DISTRICTS AND TYPES OF INSTITUTIONAL USES PERMITTED AS EITHER A MATTER OF RIGHT, AS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, OR EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED

	Institutional Class
Zoning District	Permitted by Right	Permitted as a Special Exception	Prohibited
F/RR	1	2	3
A/RR	1	2	3
RR	1	2	3
RR-2	1, 2	3	—
R	1, 2	3	—
C-1	1, 2, 3	—	—
C-2	1, 2, 3	—	—
C-3	1, 2, 3	—	—
I	—	—	—

 

(4)

Parking. For each foster home or group home, off-street parking shall be provided at the rate of one space per bed plus one space per employee on the maximum shift, if applicable, plus one space per nonclient, full-time resident. Parking space and aisle dimensions shall be as required in this chapter.

(1991 LDR ch. 79, § 6.07; Ord. No. 2007-03, § 22, 7-17-2007)