Decisions › County Commission meeting of Jul 14, 2026
Approved a first public hearing on an ordinance creating rules for certified recovery residences in Lake County land development regulations.
The result is from the Clerk's Board ActionThe Clerk's same-week record of what the County Commission decided on each agenda tab. Vote tallies and discussion come later in the Board Minutes. Clerk of Court, Board Action and Board Minutes on Municode. The vote by name appears here when the official minutes are posted, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
Watch this part of the meeting (starts at 0:27:36)
The rezoning and land-use hearings begin here; this case is one of them. The county's own recording.
In plain words
A first public hearing on an ordinanceA county law. The Board adopts it at an advertised public hearing, and it stays in force until repealed; the county's ordinances are collected in the Code of Ordinances. Florida Statutes 125.66 that creates a new section of the Lake County Land Development Regulations for certified recovery residences and updates related definitions and use schedules.
What changes The ordinance will add certified recovery residences as a permitted or conditional use in specified zoning districts and establish a process for requesting reasonable accommodations from land use regulations that might otherwise prohibit them.
Who and the money Applies to certified recovery residences in Lake County; the record states there is no fiscal impact.
Stated reason (staff, quoted): "SB 954, effective July 1, 2025, requires local governments to adopt an ordinance that includes a process for requesting reasonable accommodations from any local land use regulation that serves to prohibit the establishment of a certified recovery residence."
Backup in the packet: Proposed Ordinance (p. 368), Business Impact Estimate Exemption_Certified Recovey Residence (p. 368), J. McIntosh_Certified Recovery Residences (p. 368)
Written from the Board Action and the staff cover sheet, checked by script: every number appears in the record. Staff memo
From the record
PUBLIC HEARING: First Public Hearing of an Ordinance creating Section 3.03.00, Lake County Code, Land Development Regulations, to be entitled, Certified Recovery Residences, and amending Appendix E, Chapter II, Lake County Code, Land Development Regulations, entitled Definitions, and Chapter III, Section 3.01.03, entitled, Schedule of Permitted and Conditional Uses. Required per Senate Bill 954 (2025). There is no fiscal impact.Clerk of Court, Board Action, Jul 14, 2026, page 8. Open the official document
The rest of this meeting
- Previous item: Discussed the Chisholm Trail RV Park and Campground, where the Board approved to foreclose on the existing liens.
- Next item: Tabled a proposed change to the Land Development Regulations for Rural Conservation Subdivision Design Standards until the August 25, 2026 meeting.
- All 32 items from Jul 14, 2026
More on growth and zoning
- Oct 27, 2026 Approved a change to the rail-trail extension agreement to hire a professional appraiser to review the value of the rail corridor for about $11,000.
- Oct 27, 2026 Approved a resolution to advertise a public hearing to vacate a portion of the Village Green plat, with a fiscal impact of $2,295.
- Oct 27, 2026 Approved a plan to hold a public hearing to remove driveway, walkway, and cul-de-sac easements on lots 174-177 in Dora Pines, Unit 1, for $2,295.00.
- Oct 27, 2026 Approved vacating a 330.65 feet by 15 feet right of way in the Clermont area, with a fiscal impact of $2,295.
- Oct 27, 2026 Approved a new rule in the Lake County Code requiring property owners to confirm if historical or archaeological resources exist on their land before development begins.