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Council adopts ordinance setting 3,000-foot separation for new residential recovery homes
Summary
The Evansville Common Council on July 14 adopted Ordinance G2025-11 to regulate the location and density of new residential recovery facilities, establishing a 3,000-foot separation for new facilities and clarifying that the rule does not apply retroactively to existing programs.
The Evansville Common Council adopted Ordinance G2025-11 on July 14, 2025, establishing rules for the siting and density of new residential recovery facilities, including a 3,000-foot separation requirement for newly proposed facilities.
Councilwoman Carruthers, who introduced the ordinance, said the measure is intended to address density and clarify an existing gap in the city code: "This is now for these new facilities coming," she said, adding that the distance requirement is for future…
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