2325 COM Cover Letter re Zinnia Health Objection w Exs

4 have visitors. See the Chapter 25 definition of Nursing Home/Long- term Care Residential Health Care Facility , below under item 5. 4. Assisted Living Facility – Proposed use is not an assisted living facility. a. Assisted living facilities are a type of housing that are typically occupied by those who want a place to live as independently as possible but have ready access to assistance with day-to-day activities and routines, as needed and may receive visitors. They may or may not have the ability/facilities to cook their own meals. Residents of assisted living facilities are not there to principally receive mental health or substance abuse treatments for a prescribed short time frame of 30-60 days. Rather, they may live at such a facility indefinitely, until another level of care in a different facility is required or death. Chapter 25 of the Township Code includes the following definition of “Assisted Living,” which clearly does not describe the proposed use in any way:” “ASSISTED LIVING — Shall mean a facility which is licensed by the State of New Jersey, as an Assisted Living Facility, to provide apartment style housing and congregate dining and to assure that assisted living services are available when needed, for four or more adult persons unrelated to the proprietor. Apartment units offer at a minimum, one furnished room, a private bathroom, a kitchenette without a stove, and a lockable door on the unit entrance.” 5. Long-Term Care Residential Care Facility – Proposed use is not a long-term care facility. Chapter 25 contains the following two definitions covering long-term care uses: “NURSING HOME AND/OR LONG-TERM CARE RESIDENTIAL HEALTHCARE FACILITY — Shall mean a facility, licensed by the Department of Health of the State of New Jersey as a facility, to provide health care under medical supervision and continuous nursing supervision and nursing home level care for 24 or more consecutive hours to two or more residents who are not related to the governing authority by marriage, blood, or adoption.