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Orlando adopts first reading of reasonable-accommodation rule for people with disabilities
Summary
City Council gave first-reading approval to Ordinance 2025-23 to establish a process for reasonable accommodation requests under federal disability and fair-housing laws.
Orlando City Council on June 23 approved on first reading Ordinance 2025-23, which amends Chapter 65 of the Orlando City Code to establish a reasonable-accommodation request process for persons with disabilities.
The ordinance cites federal authorities including the Fair Housing Amendments Act and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and updates the city’s land-development procedures to create a pathway for reasonable accommodation requests. Commissioner Sheehan moved the ordinance; Commissioner Burns seconded. There were no public comments and the motion carried.
The ordinance text read into the record indicates it provides legislative findings, a codification plan and corrections for scrivener’s errors; the city will follow its standard ordinance-adoption process for subsequent steps.
