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Pasco staff proposes code changes to regulate community residential homes, sparking debate over administrative reasonable‑accommodation approvals
Summary
Staff presented amendments to Pasco County's Land Development Code to define community residential homes and to establish procedures for reasonable accommodations; commissioners questioned vesting approval authority with the county administrator for individual requests and debated public hearing rights.
Pasco County planning staff presented a comprehensive Land Development Code amendment on April 22 to clarify rules for community residential homes, transitional residences and congregate living facilities, and to establish procedures for reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities, staff and counsel said.
Planning staff Vasilio Savopoulos told the Planning Commission the proposal revises definitions to align with state and federal law, distinguishing small community residential homes (1–6 residents) permitted by right from large homes (7–14 residents) proposed as conditional uses in single‑family districts, and creating separate categories for transitional community residences and congregate living facilities. The amendments also add licensing, spacing and occupancy standards…
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