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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="7-603" title_number="7" title_name="Developmental Disabilities Law" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Community-Based Residential Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies only to public group homes, nonprofit private group homes, and alternative living units.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>To avoid discrimination in housing and to afford a natural, residential setting, a group home or an alternative living unit for individuals with developmental disability:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is deemed conclusively a single-family dwelling;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Is permitted to locate in all residential zones; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>May not be subject to any special exception, conditional use permit, or procedure that differs from that required for a single-family dwelling.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The provision of separately identified living quarters for staff may not affect the conclusive designation as a single-family dwelling under paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A general zoning ordinance, rule, or regulation of any political subdivision that conflicts with the provisions of this section or any rule or any regulation that carries out the purpose of this section is superseded by this section to the extent of any conflict.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
