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<br /> <br />Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 17 of 27 <br /> <br />(b) Permitted zones. A group home with requisite permits issued in accordance with <br />this Article may be established in the zoning districts provided in the table below. <br /> <br />Group Home Type Zoning Districts <br />A1 RE R1 R2 R3 R4 SDs/SPs** <br />Small (6 or less <br />occupants) <br />P* P* P* P* P* P* P* <br />Large (7 or more <br />occupants) <br />- - - CUP CUP CUP CUP <br />P = permitted by right <br />CUP = permitted subject to a conditional use permit <br />* Subject to issuance of a Group Home Special Use Permit in conformance with applicable operational and <br />development standards. <br />** Permitted (P) where single-family residential is a principally permitted use; CUP is required where multiple- <br />family residential use is a principally permitted use; in zones where both single- and multiple-family use are <br />principally permitted uses, a CUP shall be required. <br /> <br />(c) As required by state or federal law, a residential care facility serving six or fewer <br />persons is exempt from this Section, except that such facilities must comply with <br />Section 41-2402(b)(15)(iii); and is considered a residential use of property and a <br />single-family dwelling. <br /> <br />Sec. 41-2402. – Administrative Approval – Group Home Special Use Permit. <br /> <br />(a) Consistent with Section 41-2401, no group home may be established or operated <br />in the City without an administrative approval of a Group Home Special Use Permit <br />issued in accordance with this Section. <br /> <br />(b) Such group homes shall comply with the following requirements for issuance of a <br />Group Home Special Use Permit: <br /> <br />(1) If the group home operator is not the property owner, written approval from <br />the property owner to operate a group home at the property is required. <br /> <br />(2) No group home may be established or operated on any lot that is within 650 <br />feet, as measured from the closest property lines, from another group home. <br />This standard shall not apply to group homes with six or fewer occupants <br />located in the A1, RE, or R1 zoning districts that are not operating as a sober- <br />living home. <br /> <br />(3) The group home must have a house manager who resides at the group <br />home or any multiple of persons acting as a house manager who are present <br />at the group home on a 24-hour basis, seven days a week, and who are <br />responsible for the day-to-day operation of the group home. <br /> <br />(4) If the dwelling unit has an accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory <br />dwelling unit, occupants of all units on the property will be combined to <br />determine whether or not the limit of six occupants has been exceeded. <br /> <br />(5) A group home in no event shall have more than seven occupants, including <br />the house manager.