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Greenville council adopts zoning changes defining and limiting adult foster care facilities
Summary
On Jan. 16, 2024 the Greenville City Council unanimously adopted Ordinance No. 24-01, rewriting Chapter 46 (Zoning) to insert new definitions for adult foster care facilities, set spacing requirements and special-land-use standards, and add parking and licensing documentation rules.
The Greenville City Council unanimously adopted Ordinance No. 24-01 on Jan. 16, 2024, amending Chapter 46 of the city's Code of Ordinances to revise how adult foster care facilities are defined and regulated.
The ordinance inserts definitions for “adult foster care facility,” “adult foster care family home,” “adult foster care small group home” and “adult foster care large group home,” and removes older references to “state-licensed residential care facility.” It updates where those uses are allowed and establishes special-land-use requirements intended to govern siting, appearance, parking and licensing verification.
Under the newly adopted text, certain group homes may not locate on lots with frontage on Lafayette Street north of Benton Street and must meet minimum separation distances from other facilities: 800 feet from licensed group child care homes and from other adult foster care group homes, and 1,500 feet from facilities offering state-licensed substance-abuse treatment or community correction centers, measured from property lines. The ordinance also requires a residential exterior appearance consistent with the surrounding district, on-site off-street paved parking for employees, and continual on-file documentation of required state licenses.
The amendment updates zoning district tables and special land-use sections to reflect capacity distinctions (family home, small group, large group) and revises parking calculations in the institutional use table to require one space per each three persons receiving care.
Councilperson Lehman moved to approve the Planning Commission's recommendation; Councilperson Barrus seconded. The ordinance was adopted by a recorded vote of 7 Ayes, 0 Nays.
Why it matters: the ordinance clarifies local land-use rules for adult foster care providers and establishes distance, design and parking standards intended to address neighborhood compatibility and operational requirements. The changes rely on state licensing categories (Act 218 of 1979, MCL 400.701 et seq.) as referenced in the ordinance text.
What happens next: the ordinance will be published in the Daily News within 10 days and, per the ordinance text, becomes effective 15 days after adoption following publication.
