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rJUL 16 196 <br />BOOK 65 PAGE 8'J' <br />9. Landscaping: The proposed landscaping is in conformance with <br />Ordinance #84-47. County code requires that a Type "C" <br />screen be constructed around the perimeter of the project, <br />and the applicant has agreed to install Type "C" screening <br />materials in accordance with County code. A Type "C" screen <br />includes tree planting for each 40 feet of screen length. <br />10. Surrounding Land Uses: North: Village Green M/H Park <br />South: Vacant & Citrus <br />East: Residential &Citrus <br />West: Residential & Citrus <br />11. Special Exception criteria for the residential center group <br />home is as follows: <br />1. Level I, II and III group homes and residential centers <br />shall be defined as facilities licensed by HRS which <br />provide a family living environment including <br />supervision and care necessary to meet physical, <br />emotional, and social life needs for clients. The <br />facility may also provide education and training for <br />resident clients. These group homes shall be <br />distinguished by their resident capacity as follows: <br />-- Level I group home, up to eight (8) residents; <br />-- Level II group home, up to twelve (12) residents; <br />-- Level III group home, up to twenty (20) residents; <br />-- Residential centers, twenty-one (210) or more <br />residents <br />2. The use shall satisfy all applicable regulations of the <br />State of Florida and Indian River County as currently <br />exist or may hereafter be amended. <br />3. The approving body shall determine that the proposed use <br />is compatible with'the surrounding neighborhood in terms <br />of intensity of land use. As a measure of land use <br />intensity, the expected number of persons per acre of <br />the proposed use may be compared to the equivalent <br />number of persons per acre allowed within the respective <br />zoning district. The number of persons per acre within <br />the zoning district can be derived by multiplying the <br />density (d.u./acre) by household size estimates for that <br />structure type. For the purposes of this section, the <br />following household size estimates shall apply: single <br />family homes, 2.5 persons/d.u.; multiple family, 2.0 <br />persons/d.u. The intensity of the group home shall not <br />exceed one and one-half (1.5) times the intensity of <br />adjacent residential zoning. <br />4. To avoid unsafe or unhealthy conditions that may be <br />produced by the overcrowding of persons living in these <br />facilities, a minimum floor area per person shall be <br />required. Floor area requirements shall 'be measured <br />from interior walls of all rooms including closet space. <br />-- Total Interior Living Space. A minimum of two <br />hundred (200) square feet of interior living space <br />shall be provided per facility resident. Interior <br />living space shall include sleeping space and all <br />other interior space accessible on a regular basis <br />to all facility residents. <br />-- Minimum Sleeping Areas. A minimum of eighty (80) <br />square feet shall be provided in each sleeping <br />space for single occupancy. A minimum of sixty <br />(60) square feet of sleeping space shall be <br />provided for each bed in a sleeping space for <br />multiple occupancy. <br />36 <br />