City Clears Way for STARS Group Care Home
City Council approves city code amendment to allow construction of two buildings for a STARS group care home for adults with developmental disabilities.
Wheaton City Council members on Monday approved new wording for the city's definition of "Group Care Home" to allow a STARS Family Services to build its proposed group home at the corner of Cross Street and Union Avenue in Wheaton. The city in November approved the organization's plan to build a 15-resident group care home for developmentally disabled adults. STARS proposed, and now plans, to build two buildings that would share a yard and driveway, but to do so, the city needed to make changes to its zoning ordinance. STARS attorney David Bay addressed the amendment during public comment Monday. He said the amendment would allow for no more than two residential dwellings occupied by special needs individuals on the same zoning lot, …
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8:33 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
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