HomeMy WebLinkAbout3661 AN ORDINANCE amending sections of Ordinance No. 1792
to provide for group residential facility use in the Bremerton
Zoning Ordinance.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
Section 1. Ordinance No. 1792, Title I, Chapter II,
Section 23 is amended to read as follows:
"Family": One or more persons related by
blood, marriage, adoption or legal guardianship,
including those sharing a foster parent-child
relationship, and/or a group of not more than
five (5) persons not so related, together with
resident household employees, living together
in a dwelling as a single housekeeping unit.
In the case where more than one related family
is residing in a dwelling as one housekeeping
unit, the largest related family shall be
considered the principal resident family and
the remaining residents shall be counted as
unrelated individuals. This definition of
family shall not include those group residential
facilities which are defined elsewhere ink,this Z
ordinance.
Section 2. Ordinance No. 1792, Title I, Chapter II,
is amended to add a new section as follows:
"Group Residential Facility": A full time
residential use providing supervised domiciliary
care for a group of persons who are unable to
reside in an independent residence because they
are physically, mentally, medically or legally
unable to do so. This definition shall not
include nursing homes, schools, hospitals,
detoxification centers, jails, institutions
or similar facilities. This type facility may
include resident supervisory staff. Group
residential facilities are further classified
as Class 1 or Class 2 according to the character
and circumstances of the residents and accordinq
to the number of residents.
"Group Residential Facility, Class I": A group
care residence for children who for various
reasons can not reside in their natural homes or
persons who have severe chronic disabilities such
as mental retardation or physical handicaps
which result in substantial functional limitations.
This class facility would not include facilities
to which persons are assigned as a result of
criminal conviction or those where residents,
individually or by their legal guardian, are not,
free to terminate their residence at will. This
class facility may provide habilitative services
such as physical therapy and training in social
skills. Group Residential Facility, Class I is
further classified as follows:
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(a) Class I - Small: A total of six or
fewer residents including staff whose
permanent residence is the group
residential facility.
(b) Class I - Large: A total of seven or
more residents including staff whose
permanent residence is the group
residential facility.
"Group Residential Facility, Class II": A group
care residence for juvenile delinquents, the mentally
ill, those serving a sentence in lieu of institutional
confinement, those needing correctional or mental
rehabilitation, those needing rehabilitation for
social or family problems or for drug or alcohol
addiction or abuse. Programs providing alternatives
to imprisonment and providing transition back into
the community, including pre-release, work-release
and probationary programs which are under the
supervision of the court, State or local agency
as alternatives to more restrictive forms of
detention, imprisonment or institutionalization,
are included in this definition. This class facility
does not include drug or alcohol detoxification
centers. Teaching of work or social skills may
be provided in this class facility. Group Residential
Facility, Class II is further classified as follows:
(a) Class II - Small: A total of six or fewer
residents including staff whose permanent
residence is the group residential facility.
(b) Class II - Large: A total of seven or more
residents including staff whose permanent
residence is the group residential facility.
Section 3. Ordinance No. 1792, Title II, Chapter II,
Section 300 is amended to add the following:
Group Residential Facility, Class I - Small
Section 4. Ordinance No. 1792, Title II, Chapter II,
is amended to add the following:
Group Residential Facility, Class I - Large, and
Group Residential Facility, Class II - Small shall
be allowed in Residential One (R-l) Districts by
special use permit only.
Group Residential Facility, Class II - Large shall
not be allowed in Residential One (R-l) Districts.
Section 5. Ordinance No. 1792, Title II, Chapter III,
Section 400 is amended to add the following:
Group Residential Facility, Class I - Small
Section 6. Ordinance No. 1792, Title II, Chapter III
is amended to add the following:
Group Residential Facility, Class I - Large, Group
Residential Facility, Class II - Small and Group
Residential Facility, Class II - Large shall be
allowed in Residential Two (R-2) Districts by
special use permit only.
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Section 7. Ordinance No. 1792, Title II, Chapter IV,
is amended to add the following:
Group Residential Facility, Class I and Group
Residential Facility, Class II shall be allowed
in Commercial (C) Districts, Business-One (B-l)
Districts, Business-Two (B-2) Districts and
Business-Three (B-3) Districts by special use
permit only.
Section 8. Ordinance No. 1792, Title II, Chapter V,
Section 600(1) is amended to read as follows:
Any use permitted in the First and Second
Residential Districts, except Group Residential
Facilities, provided that regulations pertaining
thereto as heretofore provided, are complied
with.
Section 9. Ordinance No. 1792, Title II, Chapter V,
Section 600(2) is amended to read as follows:
Any use permitted in Business Districts, except
Group Residential Facilities.
Section 10. Ordinance No. 1792, Title II, Chapter V,
Section 600(3) is amended to add the following:
Group Residential Facilities
Section 11. Ordinance No. 3048 is hereby repealed.
APPROV~ by the City Commissioners on the first
readings this ~.~day of October, 1981.
PASSED by the City Commissioners of the City of
Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk
in authentication, of such passage this ~97% day of _~o~ ,
1981.
GLENN K. JARS~ y r
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. MANDIO/City Clerk
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