1. Facility Separation Requirement. Small facilities shall not be within one-thousand five-hundred (1500) feet of any other approved small or large care facility, group home for the elderly, group home for persons with a disability, or juvenile group home, or transitional home as defined by the Lindon City Code.

2. Conformity. The facility shall conform to all applicable building, fire, health and safety codes and requirements for facilities of this type.

3. Lot Size Requirement. Lot size shall be according to the zone in which the facility is proposed.

4. Use of Existing Homes. In the event an existing residential home is to be used as a care facility, the existing structure shall comply with health, safety, and fire protection as required by state regulations and the Lindon City Code. A site plan must be submitted showing any alteration of the structure or landscaping. Any alterations must be approved by the Planning Commission before a conditional use permit is approved.

5. Landscaping. A minimum of thirty (30) percent of the lot shall be maintained in permanent landscaped open space, with site obscuring fencing along the side and back yards that is constructed in a manner consistent with a residential character of the structure. Such fencing shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with the Lindon City Code. The Planning Commission shall approve the style and design of any fencing before a use permit is issued. A chainlink fence with slats shall not be considered site obscuring for the purposes of this section.

6. Parking. The facility shall provide one off-street parking stall per three beds plus one per employee. The facility shall at a minimum provide three off-street parking spaces. No portion of the care facility’s open space shall be used to provide parking spaces as required by this section without prior approval of the Planning Commission. If at such time parking is deemed insufficient by the Lindon City Planning Commission and/or City Council, the facility operators may be required to increase the number of parking stalls on their site or reduce the number of residents in the facility.

7. Occupancy and Facility Size. Occupancy of the structure shall be such that each resident is provided adequate personal space. A residential facility shall ensure that each bedroom space in the facility has a floor area, exclusive of closet space, of at least seventy-four (74) square feet for the initial occupant and an additional fifty (50) square feet for each additional occupant of this space. In no case shall a small facility be larger than six thousand-three hundred (6,300) square feet or be more than one building.

8. Lighting. All outside lighting shall be arranged and shielded as to prevent any glare or reflection, any nuisance, inconvenience or hazardous interference of any kind on adjoining streets or property. (Ord. 2007-11, amended, 2007; Ord. 2004-2, amended, 2004)