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Highland Beach adopts ordinance establishing procedures for certified recovery residences
Summary
The Town Commission unanimously adopted Ordinance No. 2026-001 to create a reasonable-accommodation procedure for certified recovery residences, clarifying they may provide housing, peer support and life-skills training but not clinical substance-abuse treatment.
The Town of Highland Beach on Feb. 3 adopted Ordinance No. 2026-001, establishing a town procedure to process applications for certified recovery residences, the residential component of substance-abuse recovery services. The commission approved the ordinance on its second reading after staff said the change is a statutory mandate for all Florida municipalities.
Town legal staff told the…
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