Title 17C Land Use Standards
Chapter 17C.190 Use Category Descriptions
Article V. Institutional Categories
Section 17C.190.450 Medical Centers
- Characteristics.
Medical Centers includes uses providing medical or surgical care to patients and offering overnight care. Medical Centers tend to be on multiple blocks or in campus settings.
- Accessory Uses.
Accessory uses include outpatient clinics, offices, laboratories, teaching facilities, meeting areas, cafeterias, parking, maintenance facilities and housing facilities for staff or trainees.
- Examples.
Examples include hospitals and medical complexes that include hospitals.
- Exceptions.
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- Uses that provide exclusive care and planned treatment or training for psychiatric, alcohol or drug problems, where patients are residents of the program, are classified in the Group Living category.
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- Medical clinics that provide care where patients are generally not kept overnight are classified as Office.
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- Emergency medical care clinics are classified as Retail Sales and Service.
Date Passed: Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Effective Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2005
ORD C33636 Section 3
