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LPA recommends council adopt ordinance establishing expedited local process for certified recovery residences
Summary
The LPA unanimously recommended that the town council adopt an ordinance to implement Florida's requirements for certified recovery residences, creating an expedited local procedure for reasonable accommodations consistent with Fla. Stat. §397.48715 and federal ADA and Fair Housing protections.
The Fort Myers Beach Local Planning Agency unanimously recommended the town council adopt Ordinance 25‑27, which establishes local procedures to process requests for reasonable accommodations needed to operate certified recovery residences under Florida law.
LPA legal counsel explained that approvals for these facilities have been largely preempted to the state but that local governments must adopt an expedited local…
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