[Ord. No. 762, 5/7/2020]
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ASSISTED LIVING UNIT
CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY (CCRC)
CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY ACCESSORY USES WITHIN A
CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
INDEPENDENT APARTMENT UNIT
SKILLED NURSING CARE UNIT
The following definitions shall apply to the terms used in this Part
8 in connection with the development of a continuing care retirement
community:
A dwelling unit varying in square footage from 200 square
feet to 500 square feet that provides a residential living environment
assisted by congregate meals, housekeeping and personal services for
persons, age 55 or older, who have temporary or periodic difficulties
with one or more essential activities of daily living, such as feeding,
bathing, dressing or mobility. As assisted living unit shall include
accessory uses, including dining rooms, bathing areas, common areas,
offices and other space necessary to provide the above services.
A facility which has a primary purpose of providing housing
and continuing care for people over the age of 55 or where either
the husband or wife is over age 55 and consists of independent apartment
units, assisted living units, skilled care nursing units and continuing
care retirement community accessory uses, all as defined herein. For
purposes of this Part 8, continuing care means the provision of lodging,
nursing, medical or health-related services at the same or another
location to an individual pursuant to an agreement effective for the
life of the individual or for a period greater than one year, including
mutually terminable contracts, and in consideration of the payment
of an entrance fee with or without other periodic charges.
Any use necessary for the operation of the facility or for
the benefit or convenience of the residents and their guests, including,
but not limited to, kitchen and dining facilities, places of worship,
indoor and outdoor recreational buildings and uses, retail and banking
facilities, beauty salons and barbershops, gift shops, classrooms,
security facilities, conference rooms, common areas, guest rooms,
administrative offices, medical offices, postal center, pharmacy,
maintenance facilities, craft and music rooms, library and television
room and heating and cooling equipment structures, provided that the
accessory use is for the primary benefit of the continuing care retirement
community and provided that there is no exterior announcement of the
use.
A dwelling unit containing living areas, bedroom areas, kitchen
areas and bathrooms, including studio-style apartments, varying in
square footage from 350 square feet to 2,000 square feet, which houses
one or more people over the age of 55 in a manner in which they may
live independently while receiving one or more meals per day in a
congregate setting.
A nursing bed or individual room which provides board, shelter
and twenty-four-hour skilled nursing and medical care to chronic or
convalescent patients. A nursing unit shall include accessory uses,
including dining rooms, bathing areas, common areas, offices, clinics,
therapy areas, medical facilities and other space necessary to provide
the above services.
[Ord. No. 762, 5/7/2020]
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A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied
for any of the uses listed in this section.
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The following uses are permitted by right:
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Continuing care retirement community (CCRC)
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Independent apartment units
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Assisted living units
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Skilled nursing units
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Use 62
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Emergency services
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Use 567
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Utility operating facility
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Use 93
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Solar energy system
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[Ord. No. 762, 5/7/2020]
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The regulations for the following density, area and dimensional regulations
applicable to a continuing care retirement community use are as follows:
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Tract size. The minimum tract size for the development of a CCRC
shall be 75 contiguous acres.
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Number of dwelling units. The maximum number of independent apartment
units in a CCRC shall be 2,000. In addition to the independent apartment
units, up to 40% of the total number of independent apartment units
may be developed as a combination of assisted living units and/or
skilled nursing units.
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Floor area ratio. Floor area ratio is defined as the ratio of the
gross floor area of the structure to the gross lot area upon which
the use and/or structures are to be located. Exempted from gross floor
area are those areas devoted to internal atriums. The maximum permitted
floor area ratio for a CCRC shall be 0.665, which ratio shall include
basement areas.
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Maximum tract impervious surface ratio: 45%. For purposes of calculating
the rates, the area of the community arterial road (as that term is
defined in Subsection 1N below) shall not be considered as a part
of the tract.
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Maximum building height. The maximum height of any structure shall
be 60 feet; provided, however, that no building which is proposed
to be in excess of 50 feet in height shall be located on Jacksonville
Road, Street Road or within 100 feet of the eastern boundary of the
lot which is proposed to be developed.
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Front yard. There shall be a front yard along each street on which
a lot abuts which shall be not less than 75 feet in depth, measured
from the right-of-way or, where no right-of-way is provided, from
the edge of the cartway; provided, however, that when bounded by an
existing arterial or existing collector road or opposite a residential
district, the minimum front yard shall be 100 feet from the right-of-way
line of the roadway. Parking within the front yard shall be permitted;
provided, however, that no parking shall be permitted within 20 feet
of a right-of-way line or, in the case of a private street, within
20 feet of the edge of the cartway.
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Side yards. Side yards of not less than 35 feet shall be required.
Parking shall be allowed in the side yards, provided that no parking
shall be located within 20 feet of a property line.
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Rear yards. A rear yard of not less than 50 feet shall be required.
Parking shall be allowed in the rear yards, provided that no parking
shall be located within 20 feet of a property line.
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Building spacing. On lots containing more than one building, a minimum
thirty-foot separation is required between buildings.
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Bufferyards. The bufferyard requirements of this chapter shall not
apply to the CCRC District. Along the boundary of the CCRC District
with Ivyland Borough, a bufferyard shall be provided, which shall
be not less than 100 feet in width. No buildings shall be permitted
within this bufferyard. Within this bufferyard, no parking shall be
located closer than 50 feet to the boundary line of Ivyland Borough;
however, driveways shall be permitted within the exterior 50 feet.
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Driveways. More than one driveway may be permitted on a property
from a public road, provided that each driveway is a minimum of 125
feet from any other driveway.
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Parking and loading requirements. The required number of parking
spaces for a CCRC shall be 1.1 parking spaces per independent apartment
unit, which figure shall be inclusive of all staff, resident and visitor
parking and all assisted living units and skilled nursing units within
the CCRC. The required number of loading spaces shall be one per community
building over 40,000 square feet.
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Aisles in parking lots. The minimum width of aisles in parking areas
with two-way circulation shall be 24 feet.
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Access. All uses within the CCRC District shall take access from
an interior roadway or shared common driveway. This shall not prevent
access from a community arterial road, which shall be defined as a
road constructed for the purpose of providing access to the CCRC District
or to uses within the adjacent district. A community arterial road
in the CCRC District shall have a minimum right-of-way of 100 feet
and a minimum cartway of 58 feet.
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Sidewalks. Sidewalks may be located within the right-of-way of public
and/or private streets within the CCRC District.
