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Camas eyes zoning limits on drug rehabs

Planning Commission approves code changes that would restrict rehabs, 'sober living homes' from residential areas and within 1K feet of schools, parks

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A "No Drug Detox Next to Dorothy Fox" sign stands at the corner of Northwest 28th Avenue and Northwest Utah Street, across from the Camas elementary school, on March 16, 2021. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

A proposal that would severely limit where drug and alcohol treatment and recovery centers – as well as transitional “sober living” homes – can operate in the city of Camas will soon make its way to the Camas City Council.

The Camas Planning Commission held a public hearing on the issue on Jan. 19, and unanimously agreed to pass the proposed code changes on to the city council for their consideration.

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