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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #35 - Discussion ItemOn behalf of the present and future small Group Operator Living Facilities in the City of Miami, I would like to be placed on the October Agenda -for the Commission Meeting. I am asking for a change in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, Community Based Residential Facilities, #6871. This change pertains to the number of clients living in the home for Small Group Living Facilities in the City of Miami, and my reasonsfor requesting these changes are the following. 1) The ordinance discriminates against the natural born disabled citizenry and classifies them with the:hard core criminals, drug addicts and alcoholics. 2) There are less than 10 Small Group Homes in the City of Miami. 3) Small Living Facility Operators cannot afford to operate with less than 6 clients, whereas Dade County Ordinance provides for 6 and there are other states that provide for 8 to 10 clients in a home. HRS is in agreement that it is not economically feasible and it would bea,:waist of tax payers money to open up homes with less than the above statednumber. 4) The City of Miami Communities, Liberty City and Little Havana is experiencing serious overcrowded conditions in housing and it is almost impossible to find less than 2 persons per household. _ It is obvious that the above clients mentioned will not have an opportunity to live in the City of Miami. I stongly urge that the City of Miami Commission change this section of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance for the Community Based Residential Facilities, #6871, to eliminate the discrimination that now exists in the Clause pertaining to Number of Occupants. Yours Truly, i Eufaul Frazier Grope Home Operator City of Miami • EF/wv �Q copies; •3�_�76 z Mike Messer .r Max Rothman /_,�•�—<��%9 J, f +r 4'i 401 N. W. 2nd Avenue • Room 200 • Miami, Florida 33128 • Phone (305) 377.5550