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Council orders review to bar repeat unlawful sober‑living operators and properties for five years
Summary
Council directed staff to draft an amendment to the 2020 Group Homes Ordinance to prevent owners or operators found to be operating unlawfully from reapplying for group‑home permits for five years; council asked that the bar apply to the property as well as the operator.
Huntington Beach, Calif. — The City Council on May 6 asked staff to draft an amendment to the 2020 Group Homes Ordinance that would prevent owners and operators found to be operating unlawfully from applying or reapplying for a group-home permit for five years.
Councilman Patrick Kennedy introduced the item and said unpermitted and noncompliant sober-living facilities have undermined neighborhood quality of life and posed public-safety and care concerns. He asked the city attorney and city manager to prepare ordinance language to bar repeat offenders for five years. Council members amended the…
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