People in the community have been asking lots of questions regarding the above types of homes. As we have discussed, many of these types of homes have protections afforded to them under the ADA. I recently reached out to the County to ask for an update on the number and location of these homes in our community. I ended up discovering that the County has recently undertaken an analysis of its’ current zoning regulations as it relates to CLF’s, and will be considering possible amendments that relate to it, at it’s Meeting on August 27th. I will share more information on this and the specific proposed amendments once it becomes available but the information I currently have is below.
If this is something you are interested, please read the full analysis and the information I have shared below. You can provide your questions or comments to the Zoning Department or to our County Commission.
First, in answer to how many of these types of homes are in our community, below is a list of all approved or pending applications with the County in the Acreage Area (unincorporated areas):
Next for the news release from the County on July 20, 2020, to read the full release, click the link: Medical_Use_Community_Residential_Housing News Release 7-20-2020
“On August 27, 2020 BCC Zoning Agenda, Initiation Round 2020-02 staff
will include this topic as a proposed code amendment to the Unified Land
Development Code.”
Read the full Report/Analysis: https://discover.pbcgov.org/pzb/zoning/AdminNewsReleases/Community_Residential_Housing.pdf
FAQ’s regarding the Report and CLF’s https://discover.pbcgov.org/pzb/zoning/AdminNewsReleases/FAQ_2020.pdf
The Acreage area is designated as Area 9 and 10. You can see the maps below with pins of the locations. There are 40 in the Acreage.
To see the existing PBC ULDC Use Regulations, it is under Article 4. To read it in full, go here. Below is the two specific pages that apply to CLF’s.
