§ 232-343. Permitted uses.

(a)

A CCRC shall contain residential units and may contain ancillary service uses as follows:

(1)

Residential uses: To assure continuous care, a CCRC community shall contain independent living units and at least one of the other two types of permitted residential uses:

a.

Independent living unit. A residential dwelling unit designed for and occupied by not more than two adult individuals in a single family, detached, attached, or apartment design. An independent living unit must contain its own separate bath, and cooking facilities for the occupants of that individual unit.

b.

Assisted living. A room or rooms for occupancy by one or two individuals requiring a level of care between independent living and nursing care. Typical assisted living residents require help with one or two normal daily living activities, such as, but not limited to, bathing, administering medication, meal preparation or transportation, but otherwise are physically and mentally able to live independently.

c.

Extended care. A structure or structures providing full-term convalescent or chronic care to residents who, by reason of advanced age, chronic illness or infirmity, are unable to care for themselves.

(2)

Ancillary service uses:

a.

Retail and commercial facilities, including:

1.

Barber shop;

2.

Beauty parlor;

3.

Pharmacy;

4.

Commissary;

5.

Newsstand;

6.

Gift shop;

7.

Snack bar/coffee shop;

8.

Thrift shop;

9.

Handicraft shop;

10.

Financial services;

11.

Uses generally similar to those enumerated in subparagraphs a. through k.

b.

Dining facilities including kitchens and accessory facilities.

c.

Health service facilities including medical and dental offices, hospital satellite clinics and counseling offices.

d.

Recreational facilities including exercise and wellness equipment, group meeting rooms, library and music room, and crafts room.

e.

Other uses customarily incidental and ancillary to a CCRC community.

(b)

Restrictions on residential and ancillary uses:

(1)

A resident of a CCRC community must be an adult individual who is 62 years of age or older. A resident may be younger than 62 years of age, if that person resides with another adult individual in a residential living unit who is at least 62 years of age or older and their combined age is at least 100 years.

(2)

No independent living unit shall have more than two bedrooms.

(3)

All ancillary service uses permitted by subsection 232-343(a)(2) shall be limited to residents, guests and employees of the CCRC community, and shall not be available to the public at large.

(4)

The maximum number of independent living units shall be ten units per acre. In addition, if the CCRC community is planned for two residential uses, the assisted living component or the extended care component shall equal no less than 20 percent and no more than 35 percent of the total number of approved independent living units. If the CCRC is planned for three residential uses, neither the assisted living nor extended care components shall equal less than 15 percent and neither shall equal more than 35 percent of the approved independent living units. For calculation purposes, an independent living unit shall be counted as one living unit. For assisted living, a room or suite, whether it contains one or two beds, shall be the living unit For extended care, a bed shall be the living unit.

(Ord. No. 97-27, § 1, 8-19-97; Ord. No. 2013-03, § I(C), 3-4-13)