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Board clears Community and Family Resources to expand recovery campus at 3451 Easton
Summary
The zoning board approved a conditional use allowing a 45,000 sq. ft. addition for an expanded addiction recovery and recovery housing campus at 3451 Easton, enabling a 12‑bed detox unit, new adult residential beds and a proposed 16‑bed adolescent residential program; staff conditions require buffers, site‑plan review and coordination on security measures with neighbors.
The Des Moines Zoning Board of Adjustment voted 7–0 to grant Community and Family Resources permission to add a 45,000‑square‑foot, three‑story expansion to its 3451 Easton Boulevard campus for a full‑service addiction recovery and recovery housing program.
Senior planner Frank Dunn Young summarized the application as a conditional use for group living (not otherwise classified) after the property was rezoned to RX‑1 in 2022. The proposed campus would include outpatient services, administrative space, a 12‑bed detox facility, adult residential units and a proposed adolescent residential program of about 16 beds. Staff’s assessment said the facility would serve roughly 45–60…
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