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Committee approves sending amended group-home ordinance, omnibus UDO cleanups to council
Summary
The Land Use and Special Studies Committee voted to forward a revised group-home ordinance and a package of Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) omnibus edits to city council with a favorable recommendation, after clearing substantive edits and adding language to ensure fire-department review.
The Land Use and Special Studies Committee voted to send a revised group-home ordinance and an omnibus package of UDO cleanup amendments to the City Council with a favorable recommendation, the committee chair announced.
The committee’s action follows staff changes to the group-home ordinance that remove a fixed 300-foot separation requirement and shift several responsibilities from the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) and staff back to applicants. Sergei, a city planning staff member, summarized the changes as amendments made “per our discussions,” including removing the hard 300-foot distance requirement and shifting state-and-federal compliance responsibility to applicants.
The changes include several policy and technical edits that alter the review and permit framework for group homes. Sergei said the most consequential edits were: removing the hard 300-foot minimum distance as a mandatory limit and instead listing proximity…
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