Zoning Dictionary

Category: Care/Treatment/Shelter

Social Service Facility

Means the use of a premises to provide social or welfare services to those in need, for no fee or compensation, or at a fee recognized as being significantly less than charged by profit-making organizations. Services may include but are not limited to information and referral services, counselling, skill development, aid through the provision of […]

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Substance Abuse Service Facility

An establishment used for the treatment of persons having drug or alcohol abuse problems on an outpatient basis. The establishment may or may not dispense compounds or prescription medicines to individuals depending upon the severity of their drug or alcohol abuse problems. A generally recognized pharmacy or licensed hospital dispensing prescription medicines shall not be […]

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Supportive Housing

Housing with no limit on length of stay for persons with low incomes who have one or more disabilities and may include, among other populations, adults, emancipated minors, families with children, elderly persons, young adults aging out of the foster care system, individuals exiting from institutional settings, veterans, and homeless people. The housing is linked […]

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Supportive Services

Services that are provided on a voluntary basis to residents of supportive housing and transitional housing, including, but not limited to, a combination of subsidized, permanent housing, intensive case management, medical and mental health care, substance abuse treatment, employment services, benefits advocacy, and other services or service referrals necessary to obtain and maintain housing.

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Temporary Camps

These are sites either for settled occupation, temporary stopping places, or transit sites for people of nomadic habit of life, such as travellers, the homeless and gypsies.

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Transitional Care Home

A facility in which individuals live for a short period while receiving physical, social or psychological therapy and counseling to assist them in overcoming physical or emotional problems.

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Transitional Housing

A building where housing linked to supportive services is offered, usually for a period of up to 24 months, to facilitate movement to permanent housing for persons with low incomes who may have one or more disabilities, and may include adults, emancipated minors, families with children, elderly persons, young adults aging out of the foster […]

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