HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning 2016-03-24 Item 4 - Public Hearing: 2016 Housekeeping Code Amendments - Attachment A: Definition Zones Regarding Assisted Living FacilityATTACHMENT A
NEW DEFINITION:
TMC18.06.057 Assisted Living Facility "Assisted Living Facility" means a facility that is
licensed by the Department of Social and Health Services pursuant to Chapter 18.20 RCW as
currently defined or as may be thereafter amended. This definition does not include "diversion
facility" or "diversion interim services facility."
Per RCW 18.20 an "Assisted living facility" means any home or other institution, however
named, which is advertised, announced, or maintained for the express or implied purpose of
providing housing, basic services, and assuming general responsibility for the safety and well-
being of the residents, and may also provide domiciliary care, consistent with chapter 142, Laws
of 2004, to seven or more residents after July 1, 2000. However, an assisted living facility that is
licensed for three to six residents prior to or on July 1, 2000, may maintain its assisted living
facility license as long as it is continually licensed as an assisted living facility. "Assisted living
facility" shall not include facilities certified as group training homes pursuant to RCW
71A.22.040, nor any home, institution or section thereof which is otherwise licensed and
regulated under the provisions of state law providing specifically for the licensing and regulation
of such home, institution or section thereof. Nor shall it include any independent senior housing,
independent living units in continuing care retirement communities, or other similar living
situations including those subsidized by the department of housing and urban development.
EXISTING DEFINITIONS:
18.06.170 Continuing Care Retirement Community "Continuing care retirement community"
means housing planned and operated to provide a continuum of accommodations and services
for seniors including, but not limited to, at least two of the following housing types: independent
living, congregate housing, assisted living, and skilled nursing care.
(Ord. 2235 §1 (part), 2009)
18.06.173 Convalescent/Nursing Home "Convalescent /nursing home" means a residential
facility, such as a hospice, offering 24 -hour skilled nursing care for patients suffering from an
illness, or receiving care for chronic conditions, mental or physical disabilities or alcohol or drug
detoxification, excluding correctional facilities. Care may include in- patient administration of
special diets, bedside nursing care and treatment by a physician or psychiatrist. The stay in a
convalescent/nursing home is in excess of 24 consecutive hours. This category does not include
diversion facility or diversion
interim services facility.
(Ord. 2287 §4, 2010; Ord. 1976 §13, 2001)
18.06.249 Dwelling Unit "Dwelling unit" means the whole of a building or a portion thereof
providing complete housekeeping facilities for a group of individuals living together as a single
residential community, with common cooking, eating and bathroom facilities, other than
transitory housing or correctional facilities as defined in this code,
which is physically separated from any other dwelling units which may be in the same structure.
(Ord. 1976 §7, 2001; Ord. 1758 §1 (part), 1995)
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ATTACHMENT A
18.06.247 Dwelling, Multi - Family "Multi- family dwelling" means a building designed to
contain two or more dwelling units. Duration of tenancy in multi - family dwellings is not less
than one month.
(Ord. 1976 §4, 2001; Ord. 1758 §1 (part), 1995)
18.06.708 Senior Citizen Housing "Senior citizen housing" is housing in a building or group of
buildings with two or more dwelling and/or sleeping units, restricted to occupancy by at least one
senior citizen per unit, and may include Food Preparation and Dining activities, Group Activity
areas, Medical Supervision or other similar activities. Such housing is further distinguished by
the use of funding restrictions, covenants between the developer, tenants, operators and/or the
City or other agreements that restrict the development to those individuals over 60 years of age.
Senior Citizen Housing strategies may include provisions for units dedicated to persons under 60
years of age that have medical conditions consistent with definitions in the Americans with
Disabilities Act; however, the population of disabled individuals may not exceed 20% of the
residents. These facilities may not include populations requiring convalescent or chronic care, as
defined under RCW 18.51. (Ord. 1795 §1 (part), 1997)
Zoning
Convalescent/Nursi
ng Home &
Assisted Living for
Convalescent/Nursi
ng Home &Assisted
Senior Citizen
Housing
Continuing
Care
Retirement
Community
Living for more
12 or less patients
than 12 patients
MDR
Conditional Use
-
Permitted meeting
density and all other
MDR standards -
HDR
Permitted
Permitted
60 du /acre
MUO
Permitted
Conditional Use
Permitted
60 du/acre
Conditional
Use
0
Permitted
Conditional Use
Conditional
Use
NCC
Permitted
Conditional Use
Permitted
60 du /acre
Conditional
Use
RC
Permitted
Conditional Use
Permitted
60 du /acre
Conditional
Use
RCC
Conditional Use
RCM
Permitted
Conditional Use
Permitted
60 du /acre
Conditional
Use
TUC
-
-
Permitted in
Regional Center,
TOD, Pond and WP.
Permitted in
Pond and
TOD
C /LI
Permitted
Conditional Use
Conditional
Use
TVS
Permitted
Conditional Use
Conditional Use
100 du /acre
Conditional
Use
TS()
Permitted
Permitted
Permitted
Permitted
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