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Life Balance Recovery seeks approval for 14‑bed residential treatment home in Mona
Summary
Chelsea Burden of Life Balance Recovery told the council she seeks support for a 14‑bed, gender‑specific residential treatment home at a Main Street property (under contract). She described licensing, staffing ratios, no court‑ordered clients, and requested timely council guidance ahead of her due‑diligence deadline.
Chelsea Burden, owner of Life Balance Recovery, presented a plan for a 14‑bed residential treatment house in Mona and asked the council for a timely response so she can complete due diligence on a property under contract. Burden said her organization operates licensed treatment centers in Spanish Fork and Price and would follow Department of Human Services and Department of Professional Licensing rules and CARF accreditation standards.
Burden described the facility model: 14 beds (shared, gender‑specific: 7 female, 7 male), structured daily schedules, on‑site clinicians and a 24‑hour nursing arrangement, locked medication protocols, required prescreening to exclude violent offenders and those who are court‑ordered, and on‑site community service programming. She said the proposed house is at approximately 565 South Main (property under contract) and that the parcel meets frontage and setback rules as discussed with planning staff.
Planning & Zoning had reviewed applicable city code and conditional use permit standards and noted that the applicant will need a variance to increase occupancy from 8 to 14. Commissioners said they generally supported the concept but raised concerns about site location and neighborhood fit. Burden requested the council’s “blessing” to move forward; staff confirmed the conditional use/variance would be placed on the Dec. 3 agenda so the applicant can meet due‑diligence timing.
Council and planning staff asked clarifying questions about parking, client transport, bedroom configuration and code compliance; Burden said clients would not be free‑roaming, would be pre‑screened, and would not have vehicles on site. Planning staff offered to provide follow‑up and confirmed the applicant will supply licensing documents upon issuance.
