§ 138-3291. Congregate care and nursing home facilities.

(a)

Purpose. Congregate care and nursing home facilities provide living environments for individuals that require varying levels of regular assistance, consistent with the criteria in Florida Statutes. Congregate care facilities is a type of housing in which each individual or family has a private bedroom or living quarters but shares with other residents a common dining room, recreational room, or other facilities. Nursing home facilities provide, for a period exceeding 24 hours, nursing care, personal care, or custodial care for persons not related to the owner or manager by blood or marriage, who by reason of illness, physical infirmity, or advanced age require such services, but shall not include any place providing care and treatment primarily for the acutely ill.

(b)

Applicability. The provisions of this section shall apply to new and expansions of congregate care, nursing home facilities and other similar facilities.

(c)

Standards.

(1)

In single-family residential districts, facilities should be architecturally compatible with houses in the immediate neighborhood in terms of materials and fenestration.

(2)

A designated pedestrian pathway shall be provided between the main building entrance and the nearest adjacent street. This pathway shall satisfy current ADA requirements.

(3)

Facilities shall be developed with at least ten percent of the site area to be reserved and/or improved as common open space.

a.

This open space area may be combined with other open space requirements of the zoning district.

b.

Required common open space shall be usable for parks, recreation, and/or retained for natural resource protection.

(4)

New or expanded congregate care and nursing home facilities are prohibited within the coastal storm area, the area inundated by a category 2 hurricane, or a floodway, as defined by this chapter. This restriction does not preclude substantial improvements or the replacement of an existing facility as long as its use as a nursing home has not been abandoned, and the improvements or replacement do not result in additional beds.

(5)

The number of beds may not exceed three times the allowed density of the future land use map category in which the parcel is located.

(Ord. No. 18-36 , § 3(Att. B), 10-23-18)