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Mission Viejo adopts tighter rules for group homes and sober-living residences
Summary
The City Council adopted a new Chapter 5.06 to require group-home permits for sober living homes, add operational requirements and spacing limits, and enable civil or criminal enforcement; residents urged stronger penalties and staff cited a tested county template and related state legislation.
The Mission Viejo City Council on March 25 adopted a new ordinance regulating group homes and sober living residences, requiring operators to obtain a group-home permit and submit owner, operator and house-manager identification and operational plans.
The ordinance, rescinding the previous registration program, was introduced by Community Development Director Larry Longnecker and passed after public testimony and council discussion. It requires a 24-hour house manager, written intake and relapse policies, a 48-hour notice to emergency contacts before eviction while arranging transport, limits on garage/driveway use with on-street parking rules within 300 feet, and a 1,000-foot separation between sober living homes.
City staff said the draft mirrors a template developed and tested by county…
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