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County staff proposes LDC updates for recovery residences, façade standards and bonding
Summary
Staff presented an ordinance to align Citrus County’s Land Development Code with recent state law on certified recovery residences, to tighten façade/front‑door standards to prevent container‑siding 'front doors', remove a confusing replat step, and raise infrastructure bond minimums to 35% consistent with statute. Commissioners asked for compatibility safeguards for recovery residences in residential areas.
During the Jan. 15 Planning & Development Commission meeting staff presented a package of Land Development Code amendments intended to implement recent statutory changes and clean up several procedural issues.
The proposed ordinance adds a new section for "certified recovery residences" (the statutory successor to the colloquial term "halfway houses") and requires the county provide the statutorily required reasonable‑accommodation process. Staff emphasized that the amendments do not…
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