Development standards for multifamily dwellings providing housing for the elderly
The zoning board of review may grant a special use permit for one or more apartment or multifamily dwelling structures and accessory uses providing housing for the elderly, in an R-10 or R-10A zone, provided the proposed development is approved by the Narragansett housing authority and complies with the following development standards, in addition to all other applicable requirements of this ordinance.
(1) Site. An apartment development providing housing for the elderly shall be located on a lot having a gross area of at least two acres. The lot or tract on which the apartment development is located shall be owned by one person or corporation or group of persons or corporations.
(2) Accessory uses. Subject to the approval of the zoning board, an apartment development providing housing for the elderly may include indoor and outdoor parking facilities, a clubhouse, and necessary public and semipublic uses; but shall not include any other residential uses, office uses, restaurant and entertainment uses, commercial uses, wholesale business and storage uses, industrial uses, home occupations, professional office of resident, or exterior storage of commercial or recreation vehicles or equipment.
(3) Dimensions. The development standards for multifamily dwellings governing maximum lot coverage, front, side, and rear yard dimensions, height, landscaping and buffer areas, minimum lot width, and distances between buildings shall apply as well to multifamily dwellings providing housing for the elderly.
(4) Density requirements. An apartment development providing housing for the elderly shall provide the following minimum lot area per dwelling unit:
a. Two thousand square feet for each one bedroom or efficiency dwelling unit;
b. Two thousand five hundred square feet for each two bedroom dwelling unit.
The required minimum lot area must be "suitable land for development," and must include at least 500 square feet of usable open space and at least 405 square feet of paved parking area per dwelling unit.
(5) Occupancy. Regulations promulgated by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development shall govern the occupancy of dwelling units subsidized by the section 8, Housing Assistance Payments Program established by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, title II, section 201A.
(6) Elevators. Any multifamily structure providing housing for the elderly which has more than one story shall provide electric elevator service to every story.
(7) Off-street parking facilities. Off-street parking shall be provided and maintained as follows:
a. Sufficient land shall be reserved to provide at least 1½ parking spaces per dwelling unit. However, only one parking space per dwelling unit need be constructed until the additional spaces become necessary. The zoning board of review, on its own initiative, shall determine when such necessity arises.
b. No parking shall be permitted within ten feet of any boundary line or within the required minimum front yard;
c. Off-street parking spaces and servicing drives shall be located with the boundaries of the lot being developed and shall comply with the provisions of section 7 of this ordinance.
(8) Trash disposal. Each building shall be provided with an enclosed trash container sufficient to accommodate all trash and waste stored on the premises. The container and utility area shall comply with the provisions of section 7.3(5) of this ordinance.
(9) Utilities. 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 shall be permitted.
(10) Traffic. The development shall not cause traffic service on nearby streets and highways to fall below a "C" level, as defined by the transportation research board.
(11) Conversions. (Reserved.)