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Brookings council tables reasonable-accommodation ordinance after heated public hearing over sober-house operations
Summary
After lengthy public comment alleging ordinance violations at local sober houses and requests for stronger enforcement and larger notification buffers, the City Council voted to table the second-reading reasonable-accommodation ordinance to Sept. 24 to allow staff and council time for revisions.
The City of Brookings on Tuesday heard more than an hour of public comment and council deliberation on a proposed ordinance establishing reasonable-accommodation procedures under the Fair Housing Amendments Act before voting to table the measure to Sept. 24.
City Attorney Steve Bridal presented the measure as a process-oriented ordinance: it would establish an application procedure, require factual submittals for accommodation requests and create a hearing procedure so the city can consider competing facts and permit public comment. "It's essential that we have a reasonable accommodation ordinance in place so we can establish procedures to consider whether a reasonable…
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