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Riverton council adopts fee and deposit for group-home accommodation hearings
Summary
The Riverton City Council approved a fee-schedule amendment that creates an annual licensing fee for residential-care facilities and a refundable initial deposit (staff estimate: $4,000) to cover the cost of a hearing officer when applicants request a reasonable-accommodation to house more than four unrelated residents.
Riverton's City Council on a voice and roll-call vote adopted a fee-schedule amendment that adds an annual licensing fee for residential facilities and a refundable deposit to cover hearing-officer costs when applicants request a reasonable accommodation to house more than four unrelated persons.
Staff presented a review of the city's residential-facilities code and told the council the regulation applies across all residential zones and is interpreted against federal fair-housing requirements. "This does apply to all residential zones," a staff presenter said while explaining the code's purpose. City staff said the code…
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