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Effingham council adopts text amendment to regulate recovery homes and sober-living residences
Summary
The council approved an amendment to Appendix B of the municipal code that treats licensed recovery homes as community residences and establishes a special-use permitting path for unlicensed recovery residences (e.g., Oxford/sober-living homes) to ensure compliance with federal reasonable-accommodation obligations.
The Effingham City Council adopted a zoning text amendment intended to clarify how the city will regulate recovery homes and other types of recovery residences.
Planning staff explained that licensed recovery homes remain classified on the same footing as small and large community residences under the code, while unlicensed sober-living…
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