Social Service & Congregate Living Ordinance JOINT COMMITTEE PUBLIC WORKSHOP - SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 SIMPLE EFFICIENT THOUGHTFUL WWW.KEENEBUILDINGBETTER.COM Process for Zoning Amendment •Public workshop (Joint Committee) • September 9 • October 15 • Other? TONIGHT’s MEETING •Public Hearing (City Council) •PLD Committee makes recommendation to City Council •Council votes on Ordinance What is Zoning? .Divides the City into districts .Prescribes what can happen and where .Regulates placement, spacing & size of land & buildings RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS COMMERCIAL & MIXED USE DISTRICTS Rural District Permitted Uses Dwelling, Single-Family Accessory Dwelling Unit PWC Manufactured Housing Park & Manufactured Housing Subdivisions Bed & Breakfast / Inn SEWC Group Home PWC Gravel Pits SE Home Occupation Incidental to Main Residential Use PWC Kennel PWC Outdoor Recreational Activity as a Business PWC Towers for Transmission, Communication, and/or Cellular Telephone Transmission SE Veterinary Establishment PWC Cemetery Noncommercial Outdoor Recreation Activity PWC Greenhouses or Nurseries for Raising of Flowers & Other Horticultural Products (Including raising of such products for sale on the premises) Harvesting of Forestry Products Raising & Selling of Farm Animals and/or Products Institutional Use SEWC Outdated Uses • Asphalt plant • Tannery • Rendering plant • Explosives manufacturing • Sanitarium • Convalescent home • Home for the aged LODGINGHOUSE GROUP HOME Current Regulations R LD LD-1 MD HD HD-1 O A CBL CB COM I IP HC Health Care Facility P Lodginghouse SE P Group Home P SE SE SE P P Institutional Use* SE SE SE SE SE SE SE P P P SE SE R = Rural MD = Medium Density O = Office CBL = Central Business Limited I = Industrial LD = Low Density HD = High Density A = Agriculture CB = Central Business IP = Industrial Park LD-1 = Low Density 1 HD-1 = High Density 1 COM = Commerce HC = Health Care *Subject to Street Listing in Zoning Ordinance Proposed Uses Congregate Living: Social Service: . Homeless Shelter . Social Service Center . Domestic Violence Shelter . Food Pantry . Residential Drug Treatment Facility . Drug Treatment Clinic . Residential Care Facility . Group Home* . Lodginghouse* *Amendments proposed to current use definition. What are Congregate Living Uses? Residential Domestic Drug / Alcohol Lodging Group Homeless Violence Treatment Residential House Home Shelter Shelter Facility Care Facility Transient (<30 day stay) x x Medical Care x x x Nonmedical Care x x x x On-site Supervision x x x x Need State/Fed. License x x Requires Fee x What are Social Service Uses? Social Service Drug Treatment Center Food Pantry Clinic Medical Care x Nonmedical x x Care Requires x License Where would proposed uses be located? ZONING DISTRICT USE R LD LD-1 MD HD HD-1 CB CBL COM O HC BGR Group Home P SE SE SE CUP P CUP P CUP Lodginghouse SE CUP P CUP Domestic Violence P P P P P Shelter Drug Treatment Clinic CUP Food Pantry P P P Homeless Shelter CUP CUP Social Service Center CUP CUP CUP Residential Care CUP CUP CUP CUP CUP CUP Facility Residential Drug / CUP CUP Alcohol Treatment Facility Uses Requiring Conditional Use Permit & Operating License Congregate Living: Social Service: . Homeless Shelter . Social Service Center . Residential Drug Treatment Facility . Drug Treatment Clinic . Residential Care Facility . Group Home . Lodginghouse* *Currently requires operating license from City Council Conditional Use Permit . The proposed use will not have a significant adverse impact on the general welfare, safety, and health of the neighborhood or community, including that of the client population being served by such uses. The proposed use is compatible with the character of the surrounding area in terms of operational characteristics including hours of operation, outdoor lighting, noise, and traffic generation. Conditional Use Permit Criteria Continued Group Home: . Must maintain the appearance of a residential structure. When located in an existing residential structure, the design and operation of the facility must not alter the residential character of the structure. Residential Care Facility: When located in an existing residential structure, the design and operation of the facility must not alter the residential character of the structure. Drug Treatment Clinic: . Security lighting is required. Such lighting must be adequate to deter or detect intrusions or other criminal activity during non-daylight hours. Shall not be located directly adjacent to a zoning district that allows for single family dwelling units. Residential Drug/Alcohol Treatment Facility: Facilities shall not be located directly adjacent to a zoning district that allows for single family dwelling units. Social Service Center: Shall not be located directly adjacent to a zoning district that allows for single family dwelling units. Homeless Shelter: Shall not be located directly adjacent to a zoning district that allows for single family dwelling units. Operating License Criteria . Description of the property location . A management plan . Description of the client population . A security plan . Max # of beds or persons of facility . Evidence that all required licenses/permits obtained . Property owner contact info . Labels for direct abutters . Operator contact info (24-hour contact for the public and the City) Domestic Violence Shelter means a facility that provides temporary shelter, protection, and support for those escaping domestic violence and intimate partner violence, including victims of human trafficking. A domestic violence shelter also accommodates the minor children of such individuals. The facility may also offer a variety services to help individuals and their children including counseling and legal guidance. The facility shall be managed by a public or non-profit agency with in-house supervision provided on a 24-hour basis. Homeless Shelter means a facility that provides temporary shelter without a fee to persons who are homeless. The facility shall be managed by a public or non-profit agency with in-house supervision provided during operation. Residential Care Facility means a licensed facility that provides 24-hour medical and/or non-medical care to persons in need of personal care services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living, or for the protection of the individual. A residential care facility may include nursing care, assisted living, hospice care, and continuum of care facilities. Continuum of care facilities may also include independent living facilities as part of the continuum. Residential care facility does not include a residential drug/alcohol treatment facility. Residential Drug/Alcohol Treatment Facility means a licensed facility that provides 24-hour in house supervision for medical and/or non-medical/therapeutic care of persons seeking rehabilitation from a drug and/or alcohol addiction. Such facilities may include medical detoxification. Lodginghouse shall mean any dwelling for more than four unrelated persons, which lets provides separate rooms for sleeping accommodations for a fee for a transient or permanent basis, without personal care services, with or without meals, but and without separate cooking facilities for individual occupants. For purposes of this article, the term lodging house shall not include a hotel or motel. Lodginghouse shall include fraternity and/or sorority house. Group home means any premises, privately or publicly sponsored, where board and supervision are given to five or more persons not related by blood or marriage to the owner or primary occupant thereof, for the purpose of social rehabilitation and/or long term sheltered care. a facility in a residential dwelling, providing living accommodations and care for five or more unrelated persons who are in need of personal care services and/or are in need of supervision. Group home may include non-medical drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Drug Treatment Clinic means a non-residential facility authorized by the state to provide treatment and licensed drugs to persons, including, but not limited to, methadone or suboxone, to manage and treat drug dependencies. Food Pantry means a non-profit organization that provides food directly to those in need. Food pantries receive, buy, store, and distribute food. Food pantries may also prepare meals to be served at no cost to those who receive them. A food pantry may be part of a place of worship, social service center, homeless shelter, and domestic violence shelter. Social Service Center means a facility that provides services for persons recovering from chemical or alcohol dependency; survivors of abuse seeking support; persons transitioning from homelessness or prior incarceration; and persons with health and disability concerns. It does not include in-patient, overnight, or living quarters for recipients of the service or for the staff. Such service does not include medical examinations or procedures, or medical detoxification, dispensing of drugs or medications, or other treatments normally conducted in a medical office. Recap oCurrent Zoning Outdated oCreate opportunity for uses oEstablish review process for potential site impacts & public input oAlign with current building, fire and life safety codes.