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, 'Fg j <br />�f u <br />Ty of sU�+ a� <br />TO: <br />VIA: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />RE: <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br />(305) 947-0606 City Hall <br />(305) 949-3113 Fax <br />MEMORANDUM <br />Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners <br />Stan Morris, City Manager <br />Amy Canales, Planning and Zoning Director <br />January 15, 2026 <br />Amend Land Development Regulations <br />Accommodations for Recovery Residences <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Staff recommends adoption of this Ordinance. <br />REASONS: <br />to Allow Reasonable <br />This ordinance is required under recent state legislation, specifically Senate Bill 954 (Chapter 2025-182, <br />Laws of Florida), signed by Governor Ron DeSantis on June 25, 2025. The bill amends Section 397.487, <br />Florida Statutes, to require that all counties and municipalities adopt an ordinance by January 1, 2026 to <br />establish procedures for the review and approval of certified recovery residences and establish a <br />process for reasonable accommodation requests under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and <br />the Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act (FHA). The attached ordinance proposes an amendment to <br />Chapter 265, Article VI I, Section 265-44 of the City's Land Development Regulations (LDRs) to establish <br />procedures for the review and approval of certified recovery residences and to create a formal process <br />for requesting reasonable accommodations from land use regulations that may prohibit their <br />establishment. <br />Currently, the City's Land Development Regulations do not contain a process for reviewing certified <br />recovery residences or for granting reasonable accommodations when local zoning regulations serve to <br />prohibit their establishment. The proposed ordinance remedies this by adding a new subsection under <br />Section 265-44, "Specific Use Regulations," which outlines application procedures, review criteria, and <br />Item Number: 8.A <br />405 <br />