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A Healing Community
10313 SW 69 Avenue
Tigard, OR 97223
(503) 598-1186
Fax (503) 598-8632
July 28, 2003 WWW.luke - dorf.org
Mr. Gary Lampella 3U P,Z003 — ,: 00` 78'
Building Official
13125 SW Hall Boulevard
Tigard OR 97223
Dear Gary:
Thank you very much for your site visit to Luke -Dorfs proposed respite facility. We enjoyed meeting you
and appreciated the information you provided.
This letter is to request a reclassification of the property at 11990 SW 121st, Tigard, OR 97223, to SR3.3.
Our proposed use for this property will be to serve five or fewer temporary residents who are involved in
mental health care and are receiving short-term respite care at that site. It will be fully licensed by the State
of Oregon and will have 24 -hour awake staffmg. At no time will there be more than five residents. A paid
staff member will always be available to address any sort of concern involving the home's population and
services. The management will be through Luke -Dorf, Inc., a mental health agency that has served Tigard
for more than 20 years. The clientele will be people in need of a structured, supervised setting, but not in
need of hospitalization or medical care. These people will be in the process of working on emotional
issues, getting used to new medication, or settling some crisis in their lives such as loss of housing. All
staff will be trained in management of the house and residents, and a supervisor will be on call 24 hours.
We include a floor plan of this residence for your records. No major structural changes to the home are
planned.
Once this reclassification is granted, we would greatly appreciate your notifying the fire marshal so that we
can expedite the fire inspection. I will forward a copy of your reclassification letter to the state licensing
office.
Please call me with any questions (598 - 1186x19). Again, thank you for your help with this matter.
Sincerely,
Mona Knapp LCSW i'
Director of Client Services
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CITY OF TIGARD
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Mona Knapp LCSW •
Director of Client Services, Luke -Dorf
10313 SW 69 Avenue
Tigard, OR 97223 l I
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Re: Change of Occupancy
11990 SW 121 Ave.
Tigard, OR 97223
Dear Mona,
We are in receipt of your letter requesting a change of occupancy for the above
referenced address. As you indicated during our on -site meeting on July 25,
2003, the residence was previously utilized as a drug and alcohol counseling
facility. The proposal is to change the use to provide short-term respite services
on a 24 -hour basis for five or fewer clients. It will be licensed through the Oregon
Department of Human Services as a Residential Treatment Home. Our
understanding is the evacuation capability of the residents is classified as
prompt. This puts the occupancy into the SR -3.3 category as defined by the
State of Oregon Structural Specialty Code (OSSC), 1998 edition.
The requirements for an SR -3.3 most typically resemble that of an R -3
Occupancy, which is a standard 1 &2 family dwelling. There are however, some
minor modifications and a change of use /certificate of occupancy fee that will be
necessary in order to have this change of use approved. The change of use will
be approved subject to the following conditions.
1. The use is restricted to the 24 -hour care of five or fewer residents with an
evacuation capability of 3 minutes or less. OSSC 312A.1.2
2. Smoke detectors may be battery operated in existing buildings. The
existing smoke detectors shall be provided with 10 -year batteries. OSSC
310.9.1.3 and Table 3 -1 -3
3. The door to the garage shall be a solid wood or steel door not less than 1
3 /8 inches thick or a 20- minute rated fire door provided with an approved
label. OSSC 312A.3.2 and Table 3 -1 -3
13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 (503) 639 -4171 TDD (503) 684 -2772
4. All doors shall be openable from the inside without the use of a key or any
special knowledge or effort.
5. The existing egress windows in the bedrooms were installed under a
previous code that allowed them to have the finished sill height not more
than 48 inches above the floor. The current code requires the sill height to
be not more than 44 inches above the floor. Because there are no
structural modifications planned, and the egress windows were legal at the
time the building was constructed, they will not be required to be lowered.
A recommendation would be to locate the beds directly under these
windows to facilitate emergency egress. OSSC 3401
6. A minimum fee of $62.50 shall be paid for the review and issuance of the
Certificate of Occupancy.
A copy of this letter will be forwarded to Jerry Renfro, Tualatin Valley Fire &
Rescue Deputy Fire Marshal. To expedite this matter, Mr. Renfro could verify the
conditions at the time of his inspection and forward his results to me. We could
then issue the Certificate of Occupancy if the conditions were met.
If you have any questions, please call me at (503) 718 -2448.
Sincerely,
Gary Lampella
Building Official
c. Jerry Renfro, TVF &R
Belinda Sauer, Public Health Systems
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