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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 6KAwaudi awdyLkt.jwd 08-28-06 <br /> <br /> <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br /> 2"d REVISED BACKGROUND REPORT <br /> <br /> PLANNING DIRECTOR INITIATED <br /> AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 25 (ZONING CODE) <br /> <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> The Planning Director is initiating an amendment to the definition of family in the <br /> <br /> County of Hawaii Zoning Code. This amendment will address group living facility type <br /> programs that operate within a single-family dwelling, which are licensed and regulated <br /> <br /> by the Department of Health. <br /> The amendment will allow up to eight residents, plus any program staff, in a group <br /> <br /> home licensed or certified by the Department of Health. <br /> Presently, group homes are limited to five unrelated persons, unless they fall <br /> <br /> under exceptions allowed by the Zoning Code and State law. These exemptions are 1) a <br /> Type II Adult Residential Care Home (ARCH), which is for elderly persons, or others <br /> <br /> needing assistance in activities of daily living, or 2) an intermediate care facility/mental <br /> retardation community (ICFIMR-C) that allows for up to eight persons, and 3) a "family <br /> <br /> child care home", which allows for three to no more than six children who are unrelated <br /> to the caregiver by blood, marriage, or adoption at any given time. Within the State Land <br /> <br /> Use Agricultural district, a Special Permit can be applied for to increase the amount <br /> beyond five unrelated persons. <br /> <br /> Group living programs that presently require a license from the Department of <br /> Health include Adult Residential Care Homes (ARCHs), Special Treatment Facilities <br /> (STFs), Therapeutic Living Programs (TLPs), Developmental Disabilities Domiciliary <br /> <br /> Homes (DDDHs) and Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs). The following is a summary of <br /> these programs: <br /> <br /> <br /> 1. Adult Residential Care Home (ARCH): According to Section 321-15.1, <br /> HRS, an Adult Residential Care Home is defined as "any facility <br /> <br /> providing twenty-four-hour living accommodations, for a fee, to adults <br /> unrelated to the family, who require at least minimal assistance in the <br /> <br /> i <br /> ATTACH: Coma. 1102 <br /> Bill 345 <br />