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Zoning Bulletin November 10, 2011 I Volume 51 No. 21 Zoning News from Around the Nation ALABAMA The City of Birmingham is considering zoning restrictions for metha- done clinics. A proposed zoning law would prohibit methadone clinics within 1,000 feet of a home, school, or church. Source: WBR C; hap :llwww.my foxal. com The City of Northport is considering proposed zoning rules related to group homes. Among other things, the proposed amendments would: " [m ]andate that no more than three unrelated people can live in the home, while allowing caretakers who don't live there "; and "[r]equire that group homes be at least one mile away from one another." Report- edly, the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program has lodged a com- plaint of housing discrimination with the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development over the proposed rules. Source: Tuscaloosa .Mews; www.tuscaloosanews.com CALIFORNIA Santa Barbara County recently approved a permanent ban on store- front medical marijuana dispensaries in the county's unincorporated areas. Source: The Santa Ynez Valley Journal; www.santaynezvalleyjournal. corn ILLINOIS DuPage County was expected to vote recently on a proposed set of zoning amendments that were "geared toward reducing the impact of new religious facilities on unincorporated residential neighborhoods." Proposed amendments would "address infrastructure, traffic and build- ing size issues related to churches, mosques and other places of assembly in residential areas." Source: Chicago Daily Herald; www.dailyherald.com MARYLAND Seven community associations, along with nine residents, recently filed a lawsuit against Anne Arundel County. The lawsuit contends that the County violated state laws when, in adopting 11 zoning amend- ments, it allegedly ignored the County's General Development Plan that called for "limited residential and commercial development." Source: The Capital; http :llwww.hometownannapolis.com © 2011 Thomson Reuters 11