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City attorney outlines new state‑mandated rules for certified recovery residences
Summary
City Attorney David Megitt briefed the Jacksonville Beach Planning Commission on a state-required ordinance the City Council passed six days earlier that sets limits and conditional‑use rules for certified recovery residences, including a 14‑resident cap and several 1,000‑foot separation requirements.
City Attorney David Megitt told the Jacksonville Beach Planning Commission on Jan. 26 that a state law passed last year required every city and county to establish a process for certified recovery residences and that the City Council adopted a local ordinance six days ago to comply.
Megitt, addressing commissioners in a planning department briefing, summarized local requirements added during the rapid drafting process: a maximum of 14 residents per certified recovery residence; conditional‑use review for facilities housing seven to 14 residents; standard setback and height compliance; and four distance restrictions that bar new certified recovery residences located within 1,000 feet of another certified recovery residence, a medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facility, an alcoholic beverage establishment, or a child day care center. "It can't have more than 14 residents,"…
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