Hospice
Facilities providing in-patient care for individuals suffering from a terminal illness.
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Zoning Dictionary
Category: Care/Treatment/Shelter
Hospital
Any institution, building or other premises or place established for the maintenance, observation, medical and dental care and supervision and skilled nursing care of persons afflicted with or suffering from sickness, disease or injury or for the convalescent or chronically ill persons. A structure or group of structures used for providing services for the inpatient […]
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Hospital Long-term
An institution providing care of a specialized nature for the chronically ill, generally confined for periods of time who are exceeding thirty (30) days including long term care for alcoholic, narcotic or psychiatric patients, and institutions for patients with a contagious disease such as tuberculosis sanitariums.
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Long-term Care Facility
An institution or a distinct part of an institution which is licensed or approved to provide health care under medical supervision for twenty-four or more consecutive hours to two or more patients who are not related to the governing authority or its members by marriage, blood or adoption.
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Mass Shelter
A building that contains one or more open sleeping areas, or is divided only by non-permanent partitions, and furnished with beds, cots, floor mats, or bunks. Individual bedrooms are not provided. The shelter may or may not have food preparation or shower facilities. The shelter is managed by a public or non-profit agency to provide […]
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Neighbourhood Care Home
A building or portion thereof used for the boarding or other residential accommodation of the care or treatment of more than six but not more than twelve (12) persons and in which care is not provided to any persons not resident in the care home and that complies with the relevant licensing requirements.
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Neighbourhood Clinic
A building or part thereof used in the professional practice of not more than three doctors, dentists or drugless practitioners for the purpose of consultation, diagnosis or treatment but shall not include a pharmacy or laboratory accessory to the clinic.
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Neighbourhood Rehabilitation Home
A building or portion thereof used for boarding or other residential accommodation and penal or other mandatory supervision or treatment of not more than twelve (12) persons in which supervision or treatment is not provided to any persons not resident in the rehabilitation home. Means a building or portion of a building used for the […]
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Nursing Home
A building in which the proprietor supplies for hire or gain, lodging with or without meals and, in addition provides nursing, medical, or similar care and treatment, if required and includes a rest home, or convalescent home, and any other establishment required to operate under the appropriate statute. Any premises in which persons are cared […]
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Outdoor Shelter
Individual shelters grouped together in an outdoor setting. Examples of individual shelters include tents, yurts, huts, cabins, vehicles or other similar accommodation that do not contain sanitary or cooking facilities, and recreational vehicles with or without cooking and sanitary facilities. The shelter is managed by a public agency or a non-profit agency, with or without […]
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