Staff proposes code language to align group-home rules with state law
The commission reviewed a draft ordinance to update local terminology for residential facilities (formerly "adult group homes") so the city's code matches current state statutory language; staff said changes are largely editorial and will not alter permitted uses.
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Staff told commissioners that the proposed amendment for group homes is primarily a language and placement fix to align Norwood's code with state law definitions. "All this would do is fix our language so it matches what the state code would be," the law department representative said, adding that the change "doesn't change as a practical matter any of the way that we deal with those."
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