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Brookings council adopts amended reasonable-accommodations procedure after residents press for enforcement
Summary
After multiple residents urged enforcement over an alleged rental zoning violation at 312 Eighth Avenue, the council adopted an amended ordinance establishing a procedure for reasonable-accommodation requests under federal fair-housing law and set a special meeting to complete the ordinance reading and possible final action.
The Brookings City Council advanced and amended an ordinance to establish a formal procedure for reasonable-accommodation requests under the Fair Housing Amendments Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, after an extended public-hearing exchange in which residents pressed the city to enforce an alleged zoning violation.
City Attorney Steve Britzman told council staff recommended approval of the ordinance to provide an application-and-hearing process for individuals seeking reasonable accommodations. Britzman said the city previously lacked a codified procedure and that adoption would…
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