Unified Development Ordinance, 31st Supplement, May 2024

CHAPTER 6. ​USE REGULATIONS | Article 6.2. Residential Uses

Sec. 6.2.2. Group Living A. Group Living Use Category

Residential occupancy of a structure by a group of people that does not meet the definition of household living. Generally, group living facilities have a common eating area for residents and residents may receive care or training. Group living includes the following uses.

1. Boardinghouse. 2. Congregate care. 3. Dormitory, fraternity, sorority. 4. Hospice. 5. Continuing care retirement community. 6. Monastery, convent.

7. Orphanage. 8. Rest home. B. Boardinghouse 1. Defined

A facility that contains individual rooms that are rented to the general public to more than 4 unrelated persons for periods in excess of 30 days, and which includes a rooming house. 2. Use Standards a. The facility was constructed originally as a detached house. b. The total number of individuals occupying a boardinghouse is limited to 6. c. In a Residential District, there is no exterior advertising except 1 unlit announcement sign not to exceed 2 square feet in area. d. No boardinghouse can be located within 1,200 feet of another boardinghouse (determined by a straight line from property line to property line). e. The minimum tenant rental period exceeds 30 days.

Supp. No. 31

6 – 10 Published May 2024

Part 10: Unified Development Ordinance City of Raleigh, North Carolina