Title 15 ZONING
Chapter 15.04 DEFINITIONS
15.04.305 Group care facility.
“Group care facility” means a facility providing
custodial care and treatment, or social services, in a protective living
environment for persons residing in the facility either voluntarily or by court
placement. The term includes, without limitations, facilities commonly known as
group homes for the aged; group homes for the developmentally disabled; group
foster care homes; shelters for abused persons; safehouses; nursing homes;
intermediate care facilities or residential care facilities licensed by the
Colorado Department of Health; correctional and post-correctional facilities;
addiction treatment centers; juvenile detention facilities; and temporary
custody facilities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “group care
facility” does not include a facility which houses more than one
individual who is required to register as a sex offender under the provisions of
C.R.S. § 18-3-412.5, as amended. (Ord. 2000-1 § 2: Ord. 1993-3 §
1; Ord. 1990-2 § 2)