A residential facility providing temporary accommodation and support to victims of domestic violence with or without their minor children. Such shelter shall be operated by a non-profit, charitable, or religious agency that meets the pre-contract standards of the State of Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Board. Such shelter shall be considered a different land use than an “adult foster care facility,” a “pre-release adjustment center” and a “substance abuse service facility.” For confidentiality and security of their locations, such shelters shall be permitted on a matter of right basis in certain zoning districts. Shelters for victims of domestic violence are subject to licensing by the Business License Center.
Use regulations
(a) The maximum capacity of any shelter for victims of domestic violence shall be specified by the Buildings and Safety Engineering Department in accordance with adopted building standards and regulations.
(b) In the R3 and R4 Districts, such uses shall be permitted by right only where:
(1) The shelter is adjacent to, or across an alley or street from, land zoned in a business or industrial district classification; and
(2) The zoning lot of the shelter abuts a major thoroughfare as designated in the Master Plan.
(c) Shelters for victims of domestic violence shall not be permitted in R1 and R2 Districts. However, where a shelter for victims of domestic violence, duly recognized by the State of Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Board, has been established in such zoning district and was operated as such a shelter since April 26, 1995, said shelter shall be permitted to continue as a nonconforming use, provided, that the shelter shall have secured an occupancy or change of use permit for a shelter for victims of domestic violence not later than October 26, 1995. Such shelter shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in ARTICLE XV of this Chapter and be subject to other provisions of this Code.
(Ord. No. 11-05, §1, 5-28-05)