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Cranston City Zoning Code

Chapter

17.56 NURSING HOMES AND CONGREGATE RETIREMENT LIVING FACILITIES

§ 17.56.010 Nursing homes and congregate retirement living facilities.

A. 
Additional Performance Standards for Nursing Homes.
1. 
Lot Size. Minimum lot size shall be five acres.
2. 
Open Space. Minimum open space area on the parcel shall be forty (40) percent. This does not include the area used for parking lots or driveways. Paved or unpaved walkways may be included within the forty (40) percent open space area.
3. 
Density. One bed per one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet of gross lot area.
4. 
Landscaping. Natural buffers shall be left undisturbed along side and rear property lines when possible. If no natural landscaping exists, a tight evergreen hedge having a height of no less than five feet shall be erected and maintained along the rear and side property lines.
5. 
Lot Coverage. Maximum lot coverage for buildings only shall be:
A-12 zone
20 percent
B-1, B-2, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4 and C-5 zones
25 percent
6. 
Fencing. Where a nursing home property abuts property with existing buildings located closer than fifty (50) feet to the nursing home property line, a solid wall or fence of at least six feet high shall be installed along the abutting property line.
7. 
Egress. In an A-12 zone, a nursing home must have a frontage of a minimum of seventy-five (75) feet on a state of Rhode Island highway.
B. 
Additional Performance Standards for Congregate Retirement Living Facilities.
1. 
Lot Size. Minimum lot size shall be five acres.
2. 
Open Space. Minimum open space area on the parcel shall be forty (40) percent. This does not include the area used for parking lots or driveways. Paved or unpaved walkways may be included within the forty (40) percent open space area.
3. 
Density. One dwelling unit per one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet of gross lot area.
4. 
Parking Lots. No parking shall be located closer than fifty (50) feet to any property line.
5. 
Lot Coverage. Maximum lot coverage for buildings only shall be:
A-12 zone
20 percent
B-1, B-2, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4 and C-5 zones
25 percent
6. 
Landscaping. Natural buffers shall be undisturbed along side and rear property lines when possible. If no natural landscaping exists, a tight evergreen hedge having a height of no less than five feet shall be erected and maintained along the rear and side property lines.
(Prior code § 30-18(l))