increased to 0.60 if additional floor area is used for housing, or for residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFE ). (3) Maximum allowed height of structures. See also Section 19.20.070 (Height Limits and Exceptions). ## TABLE 2-8 ### COMMERCIAL DISTRICT GENERAL
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Residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFE)
How this ordinance defines it
The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Novato’s own text settles what this covers.