Development standards for nursing homes, assisted living with nursing facilities, independent and assisted living, group homes, or orphanages
The zoning board of review may grant a special use permit for a nursing or convalescent home, group home, orphanage, or home for the aged or indigent provided the proposed development complies with the following development standards, in addition to all other applicable requirements of this ordinance.
(1) Site. The facility shall be located on a lot or tract having a gross area of at least two acres in an R-40 zone, and one acre in an R-20, R-10, or R-10A zone. The lot or tract on which the facility is located shall be owned by one person or corporation or group of persons or corporations.
(2) Maximum lot coverage. The total coverage by all principal and accessory buildings and structures shall not exceed 17 percent of the lot area.
(3) Front, side, and rear yards. The front, side, and rear yards must be at least the minimum applicable dimension specified in the table of dimensional regulations in section 6.4 of this ordinance, unless the lot abuts a residential lot with greater minimum yard dimensions. In that case, the dimension of the yard which abuts the residential zone must be equal to the dimension required in the residential zone.
(4) Height. No principal building shall be more than 26 feet high. No accessory building shall be more than 16 feet high.
(5) Minimum lot width. The lot shall have at least 100 feet of frontage on a town street which has been accepted for maintenance or on a state highway.
(6) Density. There shall be at least 1,600 square feet of lot area for each resident bed.
(7) Distance between buildings. The minimum distance between two buildings or two substantially parallel rows of buildings shall be 59 feet. The minimum distance between two abutting ends of buildings in the same general plane or row shall be 29 feet, provided such walls contain no windows in habitable rooms.
(8) Off-street parking facilities. Minimum off-street parking shall be provided and maintained as follows:
a. There shall be one car space per employee and one car space per resident bed;
b. No parking shall be permitted within 12 feet of any boundary line or within the required minimum front yard;
c. Off-street parking spaces and servicing drives shall be located within the boundaries of the lot and shall comply with the provisions of section 7 of this ordinance.
(9) Sewage disposal. In order to be considered for a special use permit, the lot must be served by public water, sewer, and other utilities. No individual sewage disposal systems or wells shall be permitted.
(10) Conversions. The zoning board of review may permit dwellings which exist at the time of adoption of this ordinance to be converted to use as a nursing or convalescent home, group home, orphanage, or home for the aged or indigent, provided they comply with the above requirements.
(Ch. 1117, § 13, 12-18-2023; Ch. 1118, § 15, 12-18-2023)
Cross reference— Businesses, ch. 14.