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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

RESIDENTS, INCLUDING STAFF, AT ANY ONE TIME WILL EXCEED
FOURTEEN (14) PERSONS.

23A-4. DEFINITIONS.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER, THE FOLLOWING
WORDS AND PHRASES SHALL HAVE THE MEANING RESPECTIVELY
ASCRIBED TO THEM BY THIS SECTION:

DEPARTMENT.          THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION.

DIRECTOR. THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

EXCEPTIONAL PERSON. ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO BECAUSE OF

EMOTIONAL, MENTAL, FAMILIAL, OR SOCIAL DIFFERENCES HAS A
NEED FOR ASSISTED COMMUNITY LIVING. EXAMPLES INCLUDE,
BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MENTAL RETARDATES, DRUG-DEPENDENT
PERSONS, ALCOHOLICS, ELDERLY PERSONS, AND JUVENILES UNDER
THE JURISDICTION OF THE JUVENILE COURT. SUCH PERSONS
SHALL BE CAPABLE OF PROPER JUDGMENT IN TAKING ACTION FOR
SELF-PRESERVATION UNDER EMERGENCY CONDITIONS AND SHALL BE
MOBILE AND INDEPENDENTLY CAPABLE OF EXITING FROM A
BUILDING, FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS, AND RESPONDING TO AN
ALARM.

GROUP RESIDENTIAL CARE. THE PROVISION OF SHELTER,
BOARD, FACILITIES, RESOURCES FOR DAILY LIVING, PERSONAL
GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION, AND RELATED SUPPORTIVE ACTIVITIES
WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL HOME ENVIRONMENT.

GROUP RESIDENTIAL FACILITY. ANY FACILITY WHICH

HOUSES MORE THAN TWO UNRELATED EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS BUT

FEWER THAN      FIFTEEN (15) RESIDENTS, INCLUDING STAFF AND

EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS.

LICENSEE. ANY PERSON, FIRM, COMPANY, CORPORATION OF
PARTNERSHIP TO WHOM A GROUP RESIDENTIAL CARE PROGRAM
LICENSE HAS BEEN ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROVISIONS
CONTAINED IN THIS CHAPTER.

PERSON. ANY INDIVIDUAL, PARTNERSHIP,     FIRM, PUBLIC

OR PRIVATE, PROFIT-MAKING OR NONPROFIT CORPORATION,

ASSOCIATION, GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL
ENTITY.

UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS.        ANYONE WHO IS NOT A SON,

DAUGHTER, GRANDSON, GRANDDAUGHTER, FATHER, MOTHER,

GRANDFATHER, GRANDMOTHER, BROTHER, SISTER, STEP-MOTHER,
STEP-FATHER, STEP-SON, STEP-DAUGHTER, HUSBAND OR WIFE OR
IN-LAW OF ANYONE OF THE PRECEEDING PERSONS, OR OF THE
OWNER, OPERATOR OR LESSEE OF THE GROUP RESIDENTIAL
FACILITY.