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Board approves conditional use for Caris Eating Disorder Care to expand services, with transferability clarification
Summary
The board approved CU2025‑015 to allow Caris Eating Disorder Care to use a house on Roses Bluff Road for administrative and program expansion, and discussed how rights attach to the nonprofit applicant rather than an individual operator.
NASSAU COUNTY — The board approved a conditional‑use permit that lets Caris Eating Disorder Care Inc. expand operations and use an existing house on Roses Bluff Road for administrative and program purposes.
Stephanie Kaiser, planning staff, presented CU2025‑015 for a mental‑health/partial‑hospitalization facility in the Open Rural (OR) zone and recommended approval subject to a single condition that the rights be assigned to the applicant and not be transferable. Amy Shields, who identified herself as an agent for Caris, told the board Caris is a nonprofit overseen by a board of directors and described current residential and partial‑hospitalization services.
Board members questioned whether the conditional‑use rights would run with the land if the operator changed. Staff and the applicant clarified the county’s conditional‑use practice: the approval is assigned to the applicant organization (Caris) and would not automatically transfer to an unrelated operator — the county would ask any new owner/operator to return for review to ensure regulatory compliance.
The board voted to approve CU2025‑015.
Next steps: Any renovation or site‑plan work must meet LDC standards and buffering/screening requirements at the site‑plan stage; if Caris or the property’s operators change, the county expects a new conditional‑use review.
