Group homes and residential care in Bellflower

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Parking	One-half parking space for each bedroom. Applies: Community care facilities serving 7 or more persons. § 17.72.140 · code text One-half of a parking spaces must be provided for each bedroom in a residential care facility.
Homes for 7 or more	Conditional use permit approved by the Planning Commission. Applies: Residential care facilities serving 7 or more persons in SF, A-E, R-1, R-2 or R-3 zones. § 17.72.140 · code text Residential care facilities serving seven or more persons in the following zones:
Homes for 6 or fewer	Considered residential uses and may be permitted in zones that allow residential uses. § 17.72.140 · code text Community care facilities serving six of fewer persons are considered residential uses and may be permitted in those zones that allow residential uses. Must comply with all development standards for other residential uses in the same zone. Applies: Community care facilities serving 6 or fewer persons. § 17.72.140 · code text Community care facilities serving six or fewer persons must comply with all development standards applicable to other residential uses in the same zone.
Distance between homes	Required spacing: 500 feet. Applies: Residential care facilities serving 7 or more persons, from any public or private school, park or playground, or on-sale or off-sale alcohol establishment. § 17.72.140 · code text 500 feet of any public or private school, park or playground, and any on-sale or off-sale alcohol establishments; Required spacing: 1,000 feet. Applies: From any other residential care facility for 7 or more persons, including for the elderly. § 17.72.140 · code text 1,000 feet of any other residential care facility for seven or more persons, including for the elderly.

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Bellflower's code: One-half parking space for each bedroom. (Community care facilities serving 7 or more persons.) (§ 17.72.140); Conditional use permit approved by the Planning Commission. (Residential care facilities serving 7 or more persons in SF, A-E, R-1, R-2 or R-3 zones.) (§ 17.72.140).

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