80-51 AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE SPECIAL USE REGULATIONS RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES

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Page 10 - City Flan Commission - 4-3-80 Nls . Betty Hanover, Governor ' s Commission on Real Estate , was present. She said that there are no naticeable differences between neighborhoods which have residential care facilities and those wnich do not. Mrs. Henrietta Armstrong was present. Mrs . Armstrong is a handicappea person, a housewife , a mother, a student and a volunteer. She has a son who is also handicapped , and she said that she has placed him in a residential care facility s d chan es . in another city. She supports the propo e g Ms . Sharon York, a hancicapped individual , was also present to speak. She said that she felt that the group homes should be encouraced to develop a normal home situation. Mr. Merlin Outcalt, 1811 Burning Tree Drive , was present to speak in support of the petition. Mrs . Marjorie Dauber was present to object to the petition. She said that she could not see the use of the residential care facil�ties . If they are permitted, she asked that they be well supervised. A1r. Wilkerson said that the ?08 Board has agreed with the 1/4 mile separation between homes rather than their original re- quest of 1/6 mile. They are still asking that the homes be a permitted use rather than a special use. N�.rs . Margaret Dick, president of the Macon County 708 Boarci, was present. She asked w*hat criteria would be used for a special use permit which their proposal would not cover. Mr. Menzies said that each application for a special use permit woulC be juaged on its own merit. The city would have the power to iirrit the r.umber of persons in the �`acili�j. Mrs . Dick did not �eel that was a danger, because the facility woulc be reguiatec by so many other agencies. Mrs. Barbara Dobbs was present. She wanted to know why Wood- ford Homes was placed on five city lots . N'�r . Menz.ies said that they were meeting the requirements of the present Zoning Ordinance. Staff is presently supporting reducing the size of the lot area for small residential care facilities . Nlr . i�'ilkerson said that the licensing agency (state) will regulate the ntunber of persons in each facility. He said that he still does not understand what a special use permit can regulate that will not be regvlated by another agency. Ms . Wilmeth s�id that she knows a lot of people who are present and has confidence that they are being run competently. She said that she felt that the intentions were good.