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Council sends group-home spacing question to law after residents press for limits
Summary
Residents urged the council to limit concentration of group homes; council members discussed state preemption of zoning for group homes and voted to send a report/recommendation from the law department rather than adopt immediate local limits.
Several residents raised concerns that multiple adult foster-care or group-home facilities are locating close together in single neighborhoods and asked the council to take action to limit density.
Councilman Toy offered a motion to have the law department examine distance-based restrictions and related options. Council members and residents…
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