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Evansville council adopts zoning limits for new residential recovery homes
Summary
The council approved Ordinance G 2025-11, which sets separation and density rules for newly proposed residential recovery facilities; existing facilities will not be closed under the ordinance, council members said.
The Evansville Common Council on July 14 adopted Ordinance G 2025-11, a zoning amendment that establishes distance and density regulations for new residential recovery facilities in the city.
Councilwoman Carruthers, who introduced the ordinance, told colleagues the measure is aimed at “address[ing] the density and regulation of residential recovery facilities.” She said the separation standard in the ordinance is 3,000 feet for new facilities and that "this is now for these new facilities coming" and "does not close down some facilities that…
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