§ 113.2. R-SI (Residential: Senior—Institutional) District  


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  • A.

    Purpose

    The Residential: Senior—Institutional (R-SI) District is established to permit age-restricted adult housing, as well as community-serving institutional and cultural facilities that serve the surrounding residential community.

    B.

    Uses Permitted As a Matter Of Right

    1.

    Age-Restricted Adult Housing.

    2.

    Ambulatory health care facilities, including pharmacies incidental to these uses.

    3.

    Athletic Facilities, Commercial.

    4.

    Carnivals and fairs sponsored by and operated on a nonprofit basis for the benefit of charitable, social, civic or educational organizations, subject to the requirements of Section 128.0.D.

    5.

    Conservation areas, including wildlife and forest preserves, environmental management areas, reforestation areas, and similar uses.

    6.

    Day treatment or care facilities.

    7.

    Government structures, facilities and uses, including public schools and colleges.

    8.

    Museums and libraries.

    9.

    Non-profit clubs, lodges, community halls, and camps.

    10.

    Nursing homes and residential care facilities.

    11.

    Religious facilities, structures and land used primarily for religious activities.

    12.

    Underground pipelines; electric transmission and distribution lines; telephone, telegraph and CATV lines; mobile transformer units; telephone equipment boxes; and other similar public utility uses not requiring a Conditional Use.

    13.

    Volunteer fire departments.

    C.

    Accessory Uses

    1.

    Any use normally and customarily incidental to any use permitted as a matter of right in this district.

    2.

    Communication towers and antennas which are accessory to a principal use on the lot and which exclusively serve that use. Towers are subject to the requirements of Sections 128.0.E.2 and 128.0.E.3.

    3.

    Retail and service businesses which are located within and primarily serve the residents of a nursing home, residential care facility, or age-restricted adult housing, provided such businesses do not occupy more than 2% of the total floor area of the building or buildings within the development.

    4.

    Private parks, swimming pools, playgrounds, athletic fields, tennis courts, basketball courts, and similar private, noncommercial recreation facilities.

    5.

    Accessory Solar Collectors.

    D.

    Bulk Regulations

    (Also see Section 128.0.A, Supplementary Bulk Regulations.)

    1.

    Maximum Building Height:

    a.

    Age-Restricted Adult Apartments ..... 50 feet

    and no more than four stories tall

    b.

    All other uses ..... 40 feet

    2.

    Minimum Structure Or Use Setback:

    a.

    All Structures

    (1)

    From residential lots in RC, RR, R-ED, R-20, R-12 and R-SC Districts ..... 75 feet

    (2)

    From open space and other uses in RC, RR, R-ED, R-20, R-12 and R-SC Districts ..... 30 feet

    (3)

    From any other zoning district ..... 30 feet

    (4)

    From public street right-of-way ..... 30 feet

    b.

    Uses (other than structures) in all development projects from project boundaries ..... 20 feet

    c.

    If a residential district is separated from the R-SI District by a public street right-of-way, only the setback from the public street right-of-way shall apply.

    3.

    Minimum distances between buildings for attached and apartment units within an age-restricted adult housing development:

    a.

    Face to face ..... 30 feet

    b.

    Face to side/rear to side ..... 20 feet

    c.

    Side to side ..... 15 feet

    d.

    Rear to rear ..... 40 feet

    e.

    Rear to face between single-family units ..... 75 feet

    f.

    Rear to face between apartment buildings ..... 40 feet

    4.

    Maximum Density ..... 25 units
    per net acre

    E.

    Additional Requirements For Age-Restricted Adult Housing

    1.

    Design for Older Adults

    The development must incorporate universal design features from the department of planning and zoning guidelines which identify required, recommended and optional features. Plan submittals must include descriptions of the design features of the proposed dwellings to demonstrate their appropriateness for the age-restricted population. The material submitted must indicate how universal design features will be used to make individual dwellings adaptable to persons with mobility or functional limitations and how the design will provide accessible routes between parking areas, sidewalks, dwelling units and common areas.

    2.

    Enforcement of Age Restrictions

    If the development will not be a rental community under single ownership, it must be subject to covenants or other legal restrictions enforcing the age restrictions for this use. Plan submittals must include the proposed covenants and other legal means of enforcing the age restrictions. The legal entity that will implement and maintain the age restrictions must be clearly identified and able to provide effective enforcement to supplement county enforcement of zoning regulations.

    3.

    Moderate Income Housing Units

    At least 10% of the dwellings units shall be Moderate Income Housing Units.

    4.

    Community Center

    At least one on-site community building or indoor community space within a principal structure shall be provided that contains a minimum of:

    a.

    20 square feet of floor area per dwelling unit, for the first 99 dwelling units with a minimum area of 500 square feet, and

    b.

    10 square feet of floor area per dwelling unit for each additional dwelling unit above 99.

    5.

    Open Space

    a.

    Open space shall constitute at least 25% of the gross acreage used for an age-restricted adult development in the R-SI District.

    b.

    The community shall include recreation and common areas for residents, including at least pathways and seating areas.

    F.

    Conditional Uses

    Conditional Uses in the R-SI District are subject to the detailed requirements for Conditional Uses given in Section 131.0. For the list of permitted Conditional Uses, refer to the chart in Section 131.0.