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County Land Use, Development, and Management Act | |
Section 516 | County ordinances governing elderly residential facilities. |
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17-27a-516. County ordinances governing elderly residential facilities. (1) Each county shall adopt ordinances that establish that a residential facility for elderly persons is a permitted use in any area where residential dwellings are allowed, except an area zoned to permit exclusively single-family dwellings. (2) The ordinances shall establish a permit process that may require only that: (a) the facility meet each building, safety, land use, and health ordinance applicable to similar dwellings; (b) adequate off-street parking space be provided; (c) the facility be capable of use as a residential facility for elderly persons without structural or landscaping alterations that would change the structure's residential character; (d) residential facilities for elderly persons be reasonably dispersed throughout the county; (e) no person being treated for alcoholism or drug abuse be placed in a residential facility for elderly persons; and (f) placement in a residential facility for elderly persons be on a strictly voluntary basis and not a part of, or in lieu of, confinement, rehabilitation, or treatment in a correctional facility.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 254, 2005 General Session |
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