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Council committee advances draft ordinance to license and regulate recovery residences, with six‑month forbearance for certification
Summary
After months of working-group meetings, committee approved a motion to send a council draft ordinance requiring local licensing and enforcement for recovery residences and to place the measure on the Oct. 21 work session; ordinance includes a six‑month compliance window tied to state certification and rehousing provisions.
Council Member Morton presented a council draft ordinance on Oct. 14 that would implement local licensing and an enforcement framework for recovery residences (sober living homes), supplementing state certification requirements and establishing a 60‑day rehousing notice and a six‑month forbearance period for operators who show they have begun the state certification process.
Morton said the draft follows a multi-month working-group process that included council members and community stakeholders. "This process is a true example of how policy creation should take place intentionally, methodically, and with community input at the center," Morton said, and he moved to transmit the council draft to the full council.
City attorney Michael Cravens summarized substantive changes from the administration’s initial draft: the draft cross-references existing…
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