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City of Newport
City of Newport Zoning Ordinance
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§ 17.100.160

Nonprofit multifamily housing for the elderly and/or handicapped

Nonprofit multifamily housing facilities for elderly and/or handicapped persons are subject to the following conditions:

    • A. Such a facility is to be located on land acquired from the city, the housing authority of Newport, or the redevelopment agency of Newport by deed which contains a right of reverter to the grantor, in the event that the property is not used for the purposes of this section.

    • B. The facility is to be owned and operated by a nonprofit corporation which qualifies for exemption from federal income taxation.

    • C. The dwelling units are to be reserved for elderly persons and/or handicapped persons of low and moderate income as those persons are defined in the housing regulations of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

    • D. The dwelling units shall contain no more than one bedroom and must have:

      • 1. A minimum of four hundred (400) square feet of floor area devoted to living quarters for each efficiency apartment;

      • 2. A minimum of five hundred (500) square feet of floor area devoted to living quarters for each single-bedroom apartment.

(Ord. 2000-4 (part), 2000: Ord. 65-94 (part), 1994: prior code § 1264.03.15)