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Lake Clarke Shores approves first reading of state‑mandated ordinance establishing review for certified recovery residences
Summary
Council approved the first reading of Ordinance 2025-03 to add code provisions for certified recovery residences (often called sober homes) including procedures for review, appeals and ADA/fair-housing reasonable-accommodation requests as required by recent Florida law.
On first reading Nov. 11, the Lake Clarke Shores Town Council approved an ordinance the town attorney said is required under recent state legislation to provide code procedures for reviewing and approving certified recovery residences and to include a formal process for reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act.
The ordinance (identified in the meeting transcript as Ordinance 2025-03) creates a new division in the town’s zoning code to set up procedural review, appeals and compliance steps for certified recovery residences. Town Attorney Charlie read the ordinance title and told the council the state statute imposed a January 1 deadline for adopting the required code language; the council approved the first reading and scheduled a second reading in December.
Town staff emphasized that the ordinance is a separate, state-mandated code item and not a response to the Clark Road public comments earlier in the meeting. The ordinance includes language about reasonable accommodations under federal disability and fair housing laws; staff said appeals and procedural steps are part of the local code amendment.
