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A. Purpose and Applicability. This section provides design requirements for senior citizen/congregate care and senior group housing developments over six persons/beds, subject to conditional use permit approval.

B. Development Standards. Senior group housing developments shall comply with the following requirements:

1. A bus turnout and shelter on the on-site arterial or collector frontage shall be dedicated if the project is located on a bus route as determined by the planning director.

2. The parcel upon which the senior group housing is to be established shall conform to all standards of the underlying land use district.

3. The senior/group housing shall conform with all local, state and federal requirements.

4. The main pedestrian entrance to the development, common areas, and the parking facility shall be provided with handicapped access pursuant to the Uniform Building Code.

5. Indoor common areas and living units shall be handicap adaptable and be provided with all necessary safety equipment (i.e., safety bars, etc.) as well as emergency signal/intercom systems as determined by the planning director.

6. Adequate internal and external lighting including walkways shall be provided for security purposes. The lighting shall be energy efficient, stationary, deflected away from adjacent properties and public rights-of-way, and of an intensity compatible with the surrounding neighborhood.

7. Common recreational and entertainment activities of a size and scale consistent with the number of living units shall be provided. The minimum size shall equal one hundred square feet for each living unit.

8. Common laundry facilities of sufficient number and accessibility consistent with the number of living units and the Uniform Building Code shall be provided. The facilities shall have keyed access for tenants only.

9. The project shall be designed to provide maximum security for residents, guests and employees.

10. Trash receptacles shall be provided for on the premises and be of sufficient size and number as determined appropriate by the public works director.

11. The city may require a traffic study for senior citizen, congregate care, and/or group quarter facilities located in R-2 or less intensive residential zones. (Ord. 706 § 3 (Exh. A), 2019).