Title 17C Land Use Standards
Chapter 17C.190 Use Category Descriptions
Article VI. Other Categories
Section 17C.190.520 Detention Facilities
- Characteristics.
Detention Facilities includes facilities for the judicially required detention or incarceration of people. Inmates and detainees are under twenty-four-hour supervision by detention/incarceration officers, except when on an approved leave.
- Accessory Uses.
Accessory uses include offices, recreational and health facilities, therapy facilities, maintenance facilities, and hobby and manufacturing activities.
- Examples.
Examples include prisons, jails, probation centers, secure community transition facilities and juvenile detention homes.
- Exceptions.
Programs that provide care and training or treatment for psychiatric, alcohol, or drug problems, where patients are residents of the program, but where patients are not supervised by detention/incarceration officers are classified as Group Living. Programs that provide transitional living experience for former offenders, such as halfway houses, where residents are not supervised by detention/incarceration officers, are also classified as Group Living.
Date Passed: Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Effective Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2005
ORD C33636 Section 3
