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Garden Grove council advances zoning rules for substance-abuse treatment centers
Summary
Council introduced an ordinance to require conditional permits and 500-foot buffers for substance-abuse treatment centers, approving the first reading unanimously; staff identified about 29 industrial parcels that could qualify under the proposed rules.
The Garden Grove City Council on Tuesday introduced and gave first reading to an ordinance that would regulate substance-abuse treatment centers as a conditionally permitted use in the city’s M-1 (limited industrial) zoning.
City planning staff said the change would require centers to obtain a conditional use permit, impose a 500-foot buffer from residences, schools, parks and other sensitive uses, and set operational and parking standards. "Because of potential public health, safety, and welfare impacts," staff recommended the standards after studying calls for service and site…
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