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Board to consolidate developmental-disability and dwelling-group rules, will consider spacing limits
Summary
Staff proposed removing a separate 'dwelling developmental disability' definition and folding those uses into an existing 'dwelling group' category; board discussed whether to add a minimum spacing (staff recalled attorney guidance around 500 feet) and directed staff to consult the city attorney and return with legally supportable language.
Staff told the Reynoldsburg Planning and Zoning Board that attorney review suggests the term 'dwelling developmental disability' can be consolidated under the broader 'dwelling group' definition to reduce redundancy in the code.
During discussion staff said the change would remove the separate definition and land-use entry for dwelling developmental disability and rely on the dwelling-group category. A board member asked about clustering and distance limitations; staff said they had discussed the possibility of a spacing requirement and that the city attorney had suggested the shortest comfortable distance might be about 500 feet, but the presenter said staff would confirm that with the city attorney and return with precise legal language.
"We'll make sure we get the legal stuff... and then we can bring [the item] back," a staff member said, summarizing the next step. Members asked staff to present the most restrictive, legally supportable options for discussion.
Staff emphasized they will work with the city attorney to present specific spacing/distance language and other definitional fixes at a future meeting.
