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Committee recommends 270-day emergency moratorium on new group‑home applications
Summary
The Lawn Orange Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to forward emergency legislation to the city council asking for a 270‑day moratorium on new applications for community oriented residential social service facilities while staff and consultant American StructurePoint revise zoning definitions and the unified development code.
The Lawn Orange Committee recommended Tuesday that the city council enact an emergency 270‑day moratorium on new applications for “community oriented residential social service facilities,” committee Chair Jeffrey Wood said at the committee’s Sept. 2, 2025, meeting.
The recommendation, advanced to the council as emergency legislation, aims to pause city review of new group‑home or congregate housing permit requests while city staff and consultant American StructurePoint finish revising the zoning code and preparing a unified development code (UDC). "They've requested the council pass an immediate 270‑day…
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