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""Group living facility" means a 24-hour residential facility licensed or <br /> certified, and monitored by the State of Hawai`i's Department of Health (DOH) <br /> or Department of Human Services (DHS), for persons covered under the Fair <br /> Housing Act, as amended, containing between six and eight unrelated adults <br /> and/or children, plus unrelated home operator or staff who shall not be included in <br /> the resident count. <br /> (a) The purpose of this definition is to provide housing to protected and <br /> targeted populations that require therapeutic, medicinal, life skills <br /> training, or other support systems. These facilities shall be integrated <br /> into a variety of neighborhoods while maintaining the integrity and <br /> character of the neighborhood(s), to promote anon-institutional <br /> environment and provide the maximum therapeutic and beneficial <br /> value to residents of a group living facility. <br /> (b) Unless a use permit or special permit is obtained: <br /> (1) A group living facility shall have no more than eight residents; <br /> (2) Only one group living facility per tax map key parcel; <br /> (3) No other such licensed or certified dwelling shall be located within <br /> 500 feet of the perimeter of any tax map key parcel containing any <br /> other group living facility; and/or <br /> (4) Over-concentration of group living facilities in a neighborhood <br /> shall not be allowed. <br /> (c) A group living facility [lew€ully] in existence on the effective date of <br /> this ordinance may continue in operation despite non-compliance with <br /> the criteria contained in paragraph (b) of the definition of "group <br /> living facility"." <br /> 3. Hawaii County Code section 25-2-61: Applicability; use permit required. <br /> Hawaii County Code §25-2-61(a) shall be amended by including certain group <br /> <br /> living facilities at §25-2-61(a)(6) as follows: <br /> "(6) Group living facilities that exceed the criteria in subsection 25-1- <br /> 5(b), paragraph (b) of the definition of "group living facility" in the <br /> RS, RD, RM, RCX, RA, FA, A, CN, CG, CV, and V districts." <br /> As a result, current §25-2-61(a)(6) through §25-2-61(a)(12) shall be renumbered <br /> §25-2-61(a)(7)through §25-2-61(a)(13),respectively. <br /> <br /> BF/dh <br /> <br />