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

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Page 10 - City Plan ComMission - 4-3-80 Nls . Betty Hanover, Governor ' s Commission on Real Estate , was present. She said that there are no noticeable differences betweer, neighborhoods which ha��e residential care facilities and those wnich do not. Mrs. Henrietta Armstrong was present. Mrs . Armstrong is a handicappen person, a house�.*ife , 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 in another city. She supports the proposed changes . Ms . Sharon York, a handicapped individual , was also present to speak. She saic� that she felt that the group homes should be encouraged to develop a normal home situation. MY. Nerlin Outcalt, 1811 Burning Tree Drive , was present to speak in support of the petition. Mrs . N,arjorie Dauber was present to object to the petition. She said that she could not see the use of the residential care facilities . If they are permitted, she asked that they be well supervised. D1r. T��ilkerson 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 ra�her than a special use. N�.rs. Margaret Dick, president of the Macon County 708 Board, was present. She asked what criteria would be used for a special use permit which their proposal would not cover. A:r. Menzies said that each application for a special use permit would be jungea on its own merit. The city would have the power to lin:it the number of persons in the facili�y . Nirs . Dick did not feel that was a danger, because the facility wouid be regulated by so m�any other agencies. Mrs . Barbara Dobbs was present. She wanted to know why Wood- ford Homes was placed on five city lots . N'�r. Menzies said that they were meeting the requirements of the present Zoning Orcinance. Staff is presently supporting reducing the size of the lot area for small residential care facilities . Nlr . 4�'ilkerson said th�t the licensing agency (state) will regulate tne r.urr.ber of persons in each facility. He said that he still does not anderstand what a special use ger;nit can regulate that will not be regulated by another agency. Ms . 4�'ilmeth said that she knows a lot of people who are present ' and has confictence that they �re being run eompetent2y. She said that she felt that the intentions were good.