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Applicant seeks council blessing for 14‑bed Life Balance Recovery home on Main Street
Summary
Life Balance Recovery proposed a 14‑bed licensed residential facility at ~565 South Main; the operator said it is licensed, medically supported, and will accept voluntary adult clients only. The applicant requested council support as she pursues a conditional use permit and a variance to increase beds from 8 to 14 before her due‑diligence deadline.
Chelsea Burden, representing Life Balance Recovery (Speaker 7), asked the Mona City Council for its ‘‘blessing’’ to proceed with a conditional‑use application to open a 14‑bed residential treatment facility at an address she cited as 565 South Main.
Burden described the program as a licensed residential treatment facility serving adults with substance‑use and mental‑health needs; she said the program is licensed through the Department of Human Services and the Department of Professional Licensing and holds CARF accreditation. She emphasized that residents are voluntary, not court‑ordered, that the facility does not provide detox services and that screening will exclude violent offenders and sex‑offenders. "We are required by law to follow certain ratios ... 1 in 8 during the evening, 1 in 4 during the day," she said, adding the average stay is about 30 days.
Zoning and requests: Planning and zoning staff and commissioners reviewed code requirements, including frontage and setback rules. The applicant said the property meets the 75‑foot frontage requirement (frontage as defined by code, not setback) and has sufficient parking for staff; residents will not have cars on site. Commissioners said the property is in a zone that allows residential facilities with a conditional use permit but that Burden must seek a variance to increase capacity from the 8 beds the code allows to 14 beds. "That is where the variance comes in," a planning commissioner said.
Community and operations: Burden said the facility would create roughly 10–15 local jobs, follow HIPAA and licensing requirements, conduct pre‑screenings, and run structured daily programs and community service projects. Commissioners and council members asked about location, safety and neighborhood impact; some acknowledged concerns but said similar facilities in other communities blend into neighborhoods without signage if operated to licensing standards.
Next steps and timing: The council placed the item on the agenda and the applicant requested an answer before her due‑diligence deadline (she noted Dec. 3). Planning and zoning indicated it would place the conditional‑use/variance matter on the next meeting agenda for formal consideration.
