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Zoning board denies Partners in Recovery request to open group home at 630 Fourth Avenue
Summary
The Tuscaloosa Zoning Board of Adjustments denied Partners in Recovery’s variance and special-exception requests to operate a sober living group home at 630 Fourth Avenue, citing lack of demonstrated hardship and proximity to existing group homes under the new zoning framework.
The Tuscaloosa Zoning Board of Adjustments on Thursday denied Partners in Recovery’s requests to operate a group home at 630 Fourth Avenue, rejecting both a variance from the use‑specific regulations and the special‑exception application.
The board’s action blocks the nonprofit Phoenix House affiliate from opening a three‑bed sober‑living residence two blocks from its main facility. The applicant argued the house would provide transitional housing for residents exiting the Phoenix House recovery program and said staff would monitor residents full time. John Tyler, executive director at Phoenix House, said the organization planned three residents, one per bedroom, and that residents “are…
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