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Jefferson County board denies variance to allow communal living homes in R‑1 subdivision
Summary
The Board of Zoning Adjustment denied a request by Martin Management Consulting LLC to reclassify single‑family homes on Eastern Valley Road as communal living residences for up to six unrelated occupants, after staff recommended denial and neighbors opposed the change.
The Jefferson County Board of Zoning Adjustment on June 23 denied a request by Martin Management Consulting LLC to allow communal living homes for up to six unrelated occupants in an R‑1 single‑family subdivision on Eastern Valley Road.
The request, filed as case A‑25‑0015, sought a use variance to permit a communal, peer‑supported residence model — the applicant said similar to an Oxford House — in a neighborhood rezoned to R‑1 single family in 2022. "This is not a halfway house. These are homes for women who are communally as a family unit," said Abby Raber, representative for Martin Management. Raber told the board the applicant was seeking a reasonable accommodation under the Fair Housing Act so that up to six unrelated residents with disabilities could live together.
Staff recommended denial, saying the…
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