HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 607 - 8/5/2004 - PROVIDING FOR NURSING HOMESORDINANCE NO, ✓ 0
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR NURSING HOMES
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the President and Board of
Trustees, Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and. Du Page,
Illinois. _
Section 1. That Section 1, Article XIV of the zoning
ordinance of Elk Grove Village be amended by adding as a use permitted
by special permit the following:
"Nursing Home provided Section 3 of this article
is complied with."
Section 2. That Article XIV of the zoning code of Elk
Grove Village be amended by adding thereto the following:
"Section 3. All nursing homes shall:"
1. Have a minimum lot size of 60,000 square
feet in area.
2. Not exceed thirty-five (35) feet or three (3)
stories in. height.
3. Maintain a minimum front, side and rear
yard of 30 feet.
4. Have a floor area ratio not exceeding .5.
5. Be of two (2) hour fire rated non-combustible
protected construction, and if constructed in
excess of one story in height provide elevator
services for patients, and the building must be
designed with fire partitions to provide for
horizontal evacuation of the patients in case
of an emercency.
6. Provide central kitchen and food preparing
facilities - no kitchens to be constructed in
conjunction with rooms or apartments.
7.. Each sleeping room shall be provided with individual
bathrooms and toilet facilities.
8. Provide vehicular parking as follows:
One parking space for each three (3) beds plus
an additional parking space for each two emplo,.es
on duty but in no event shall the number of parking
spaces be less than one space foi each 80C feet
of building area.
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9. Be equipped with automatic sprinkler system
and the sprinkler alarms must have a direct
connection to the Fire Department communications
center.
10. Be equipped with a Fire -Department Standpipe
system if the building is over two (2) stories
in height.
11. Be equipped with an approved type fire alarm and
smoke detection system with a direct connection
to the Fire Department communications center.
12. Have a fire hydrant within 300 feet of all portions
of the building.
13. Have patient room doors wide enough to roll
the patient's bed through.
14. Have windows in each patient room with glass
area large enough so that a patient on a
mattress can be carried through the window when
the glass is removed.
15. Provide 24-hour nursing supervision of the
patients.
Section 3. Article III, Section 2, of the Elk Grove zoning
ordinance be amended by adding at an appropriate place in said section
the following definition:
"Floor Area Ratio"
The Floor Area Ratio shall be determined as follows:
Total Floor Area, All Floors on the Building
Lot (expressed in square feet)
Divided By
Total Lot area Exclusive of All Streets (expressed in sq.ft.)
"Nursing Home"
A building or part thereof used for the lodging,boarding
and nursing care, on a 24-hour basis, of 3 or more persons
who, because of mental or physical incapacity, may be
unable to provide for their own needs and safety without
the assistance of another person.
Section 4 This ordinance shall be in effect from and aft -pr
its passage, approval and publication according to law.
PASSED this 25th day of b:arch 1969
,,..PPROVED this 25th1. day of 24arch , 1969
ATTEST:
Village clerk'
Published in the Ell: Grove Herald and DuPage County Register April 2, 1969.