H625 Summary

• Allows counties and cities to permit temporary family health care structures as accessory uses in single-family residential zones without requiring special use permits or additional zoning requirements.

• Defines temporary family health care structures as transportable residential structures no larger than 300 gross square feet, limited to one occupant (a mentally or physically impaired person), and primarily assembled off-site.

• Requires caregivers (first or second-degree relatives) or legal guardians to obtain a permit (up to $100 initial fee, $50 annual renewal) and maintain physician certification that the resident requires assistance with two or more activities of daily living.

• Exempts temporary family health care structures from state regulations on multiunit assisted housing and minimum square footage requirements for dwellings, but requires compliance with utilities, setbacks, and State Building Code provisions.

• Effective October 1, 2014, with existing structures on that date grandfathered from any new permit fees.