§ 240-47. Shared elderly housing.

The Zoning Board of Appeals may grant special permits to allow for the use of structures as shared housing to provide care and shelter for persons with special needs due to age or disability. Said special permits shall be issued only with respect to owner-occupied single-family residences to be occupied by not more than six persons not less than 65 years of age or in approved instances persons of lesser age in need of special care, in addition to the family residents in the dwelling, and shall be conditioned upon the maintenance of proper licensed status as a shared residence under the laws of the commonwealth, and upon such other requirements as the Zoning Board of Appeals deems appropriate with respect to safety, parking, screening and other amenities designed to mitigate the impact of the use upon the neighborhood, and may be conditioned as to time and ownership in the discretion of the Board.

Added 4-27-2000