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CON2017-00016 - A COUNTY CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST TO ALLOW A GROUP RESIDENCE, LIMITED ON PROPERTY ZONED RR RURAL RESIDENTIAL (“RR”); GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF NORTH 143RD STREET EAST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 45TH STREET NORTH (15408 E. 45TH STREET N.) (DISTRICT 1).
Presented by: Dale Miller, Director of the Metropolitan Area Planning Department.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Conditional Use, subject to the conditions recommended by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (MAPC), adopt the findings of the MAPC and authorize the Chairman to sign the resolution.
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Background: The applicants are requesting a Conditional Use to operate a Group Residence, Limited at 15408 E. 45th Street North. The property is zoned RR Rural Residential (RR) and is improved with six bedroom, three bath home built in 2001. The group home will provide housing and life skills for women who have been selected from other programs serving abused and exploited women. Hope Ranch for women will house six residents plus house parents.
The property is located between East 143rd Street North and East 159th Street North on 45th Street North. The surrounding properties are zoned RR. The land is predominantly used for agriculture and residences on large acre lots.
The UZC permits consideration of Group Residence Limited as a Conditional Use in the RR zoning district. The site is not located within any Urban Area of Influence.
The Unified Zoning Code (“UZC”) defines “Group Residence” as a residential facility providing cooking, sleeping and sanitary accommodations for a group of people, not defined as a “Family,” on a weekly or longer basis. Typical uses include fraternity or sorority houses, dormitories, residence halls, boarding or lodging houses, children's homes, and emergency shelters for the homeless and for victims of crime, abuse or neglect. The term Group Residence does not include Group Homes or Correctional Placement Residences. “Group Residence, Limited” means ...
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