Group Housing

A task force on Group Homes was created at the request of the city manager because of a growing controversy regarding the opening of a new clinic and residential treatment facilities for the severely mentally ill. The task force recognized the need for residential and therapeutic mental health services and the need for those individuals with mental illness to receive proper care, and provided recommendations to the city council to among other actions prioritize zoning code revisions, including a reasonable accommodation process, needed to bring the local zoning into compliance with current state, county and federal law. The website provides a link to the task force report and other background resources.