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York City planning panel approves Safe Haven recovery home, grants parking and occupancy variances
Summary
The York City Planning Commission approved a special exception to allow a licensed recovery group home at 409 West Market Street and granted variances for off-street parking and a maximum-occupancy limit, with a condition that the property revert to multifamily on transfer.
At a meeting of the York City Planning Commission, commissioners approved a special exception and two variances to allow Safe Haven of York and Pennsylvania, Inc. to operate a licensed recovery group home at 409 West Market Street.
The action matters because it permits a state-licensed residential recovery facility to house up to 16 men in a neighborhood where several commissioners and a council member raised concerns about the concentration of recovery services. The commission approved (a) a variance from the city's off-street parking requirement, (b) a variance increasing the allowed group-home occupancy from the zoning code's 6'8 limit to a maximum of 16, and (c) a special exception to operate a group home,…
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