§ 8A-4. Exemptions.

This chapter does not apply to:

(1)

Home and community support services licensed under V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code ch. 142, as amended;

(2)

Convalescent and nursing homes and related institutions licensed under V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code ch. 242, as amended;

(3)

Continuing care facilities licensed under V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code ch. 246, as amended;

(4)

Assisted living facilities licensed under V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code ch. 247, as amended;

(5)

Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded licensed under V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code ch. 252, as amended;

(6)

A person that provides home health, hospice, or personal assistance services only to persons enrolled in a program funded wholly or partly by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation or its successor ("TDMHMR") and monitored by TDMHMR or its designated local authority in accordance with standards set by TDMHMR;

(7)

An establishment conducted by or for adherents of a well-recognized church or religious denomination for the purpose of providing facilities to care and treat the sick who depend exclusively on prayer and spiritual means for healing, without the use of any drug or material remedy;

(8)

A hotel as defined by V.T.C.A., Tax Code § 156.001, as amended;

(9)

A retirement community as defined by V.T.C.A., Tax Code § 11.18, as amended;

(10)

A monastery or convent;

(11)

A child-care facility as defined by V.T.C.A., Human Resources Code § 42.002, as amended;

(12)

A family violence shelter as defined by V.T.C.A., Human Resources Code § 51.002, as amended;

(13)

A dormitory, sorority, or fraternity house located on the property of an institution of higher education; and

(14)

A halfway house as defined under section 52-75 of the Irving Land Development Code, as amended.

(Ord. No. 2015-9654 , § 1, 1-15-15)