17.72.010 Definitions.
“Care Facility” means assisted living centers, rest homes, nursing homes, convalescent facilities, retirement centers, and other facilities of this type and nature. For the purposes of this section, Lindon City shall classify the facilities as follows;
a. Small facility shall provide care for more than eight (8), up to sixteen (16) qualifying residents.
b. Large facility shall provide care for more than sixteen (16) qualifying residents, but not more than ninety (90) qualifying residents. A large facility may also accommodate up to fifteen (15) non-qualifying residents. A non-qualifying resident must reside in the same room as the qualifying resident to whom he or she is related.
“Non-qualifying resident” means an individual who is not a qualifying resident as defined in this chapter, but is a spouse or immediate relative of a qualifying resident.
“Qualifying resident” means an elderly individual, or an individual who is a member of a protected class as defined by the Federal Fair Housing Act and the American with Disabilities Act, who requires assistance with daily living activities.
For the purposes of this section all assisted living centers, rest homes, nursing homes, elderly group care facilities, convalescent facilities, and other facilities of this type and nature, shall be referred to as “Care Facilities” or “facility.”
This section shall not apply to residential care facilities as regulated in Chapter 17.70. This section shall also not apply to a family member caring for other family members where there is a relationship of child, sibling, parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew. (Ord. 2018-2 § 4, amended, 2018; Ord. 2014-19, amended, 2014; Ord. 2007-11, amended, 2007; Ord. 2004-2, amended, 2004)