Decisions › County Commission meeting of Jul 28, 2026
Approved a new rule creating certified recovery residences as allowed land uses in Lake County zoning districts.
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 2:28:11)
The county's own recording.
In plain words
A new county 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 The Board adopts it at an advertised public hearing, and it stays in force until repealed; the county's ordinances are collected in the Code of Ordinances.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 creating rules for certified recovery residences, which are supervised housing for people in recovery, and adding them to the list of allowed land uses.
What changes Certified recovery residences become a permitted or conditional use in specified zoning districts, and a process is established for requesting reasonable accommodations from land use regulations that might otherwise prohibit them.
Who and the money Applies to certified recovery residences throughout Lake County; the record states there is no fiscal impact.
The record states no reason.
Backup in the packet: Proposed Ordinance (p. 629), Business-Impact-Estimate-Exemption_Certified Recovey Residences (p. 629), J. McIntosh_Certified Recovery Residences (p. 629)
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: Recommend adoption and execution of Ordinance 2026-33 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 28, 2026, page 8. Open the official document
The rest of this meeting
- Previous item: Heard a presentation by Dr. Issa Batarseh from the University of Central Florida about data centers ahead of a proposed moratorium.
- Next item: Approved a change to the land development rules that sets a minimum landscape buffer width for properties developing along public roadways.
- All 16 items from Jul 28, 2026
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