§ 70-95.1. Purpose and intent.

A. 

Pursuant to the public purpose of providing specialized housing facilities for senior citizens to meet the special housing, health care, social and recreational needs of this segment of the population, the Town Board establishes a Senior Residence District (R-S) as a floating district that permits the development of Senior Residence Communities as specified herein.

B. 

The Town Board may establish an R-S floating district in the RM, Hospital, Business A, Business B, Industrial A and Industrial B Districts subject to the following standards and requirements. Such district shall be affixed to the official Town Zoning Map where such district is approved.

C. 

Notwithstanding any provision of Articles X1 and XXV of Chapter 70 of the Town Code to the contrary, developments that utilize federal housing programs providing low-income housing tax credits, which programs are administered by the New York State Housing Finance Agency and/or New York State Homes and Community Renewal, need not designate the development to be occupied by those aged 62 and older, so long as such development is designated to be occupied by those aged 55 and over and the development otherwise complies with Section 807(b)(2) of the Fair Housing Act, as amended, and its implementing regulations.

[Added 10-21-2014 by L.L. No. 17-2014]