§ 270-50. Exceptions from the Definition of the Term "Family".

The Board of Commissioners shall have the power to hear and decide requests for exceptions from the definition of the term "Family" by Special Use Permit when such requests are submitted by groups of more than three persons who are not all related by blood or marriage. Such exceptions may be granted in cases of unnecessary hardship upon a finding by the Board of Commissioners that:

270-50.1  There are extraordinary or exceptional conditions pertaining to the group in question, and relief, if granted, would not cause substantial detriment to the public good nor impair the purposes or intent of this UDO;

270-50.2  The group consists of between four and eight persons who live together as a single housekeeping unit and who would otherwise find it economically prohibitive to live in a group of three or fewer persons in a single family residential district;

270-50.3  The residential dwelling which forms the subject of the variance request contains at least eighty square feet of bedroom space per occupant;

270-50.4  The residential dwelling which forms the subject of the variance request is served by public water and sewer service or public water and a septic system approved by the Environmental Health Section for the proposed number of occupants;

270-50.5  The residential dwelling which forms the subject of the variance request is located on a lot having an area of at least one acre;

270-50.6  The residential dwelling lot which forms the subject of the variance request contains a paved parking area of no less than 1,200 square feet.