Council adopts ordinance regulating group homes; sets size and proximity limits
Perry adopted an ordinance that defines and regulates special residential facilities for elderly, disabled and youth populations, capping new facilities at 3,500 square feet and prohibiting a new facility on a separate lot within 1,000 feet of another similar facility.
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The Perry City Council on June 26 adopted Ordinance 25-E establishing code language for "special residential facilities" for elderly residents, people with disabilities and youth treatment placements. The ordinance sets standards intended to treat licensed group homes consistently with single-family housing while adding measurable limits for new facilities.
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