2-9.1 PURPOSE
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Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
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To allow for the continuation of low density residential neighborhoods and to discourage an over-concentration of congregate living facilities that tends to create an "institutional" rather than a "residential" atmosphere in the Town’s neighborhoods and the Town shall conduct the following analysis:
1. Distinguish between facilities providing residential services to the disabled or to the elderly and other congregate living facilities, such as youth homes;
2. Avoid the institutionalization of residential neighborhoods and create an environment that will facilitate the "mainstreaming" of persons with disabilities and elderly persons into a "normalized" residential environment;
3. Provide an opportunity for congregate living facilities to be located within the Town;
4. Establish zoning uses, standards, and practices which will not have the effect of discriminating against congregate living arrangements of unrelated people with disabilities or the elderly; and
5. Require a separation by at least one-quarter mile between facilities that is necessary to provide an adequate mixture of residential housing types to meet the needs of maintaining a "normalized" residential environment, while still providing adequate alternatives for the establishment of such housing throughout the community;