Modesto council denies request to block treatment center

Modesto Bee

The City Council denied Tuesday night the request of several residents that it stop a residential drug and alcohol treatment center from moving into their west Modesto neighborhood. The city's Board of Zoning Adjustment granted Nirvana Drug and Alcohol Treatment in December a permit to operate its women's treatment center from a home in the 800 block of Maze Boulevard across the street from Franklin Elementary School. Five residents who live on Owl Court behind the proposed treatment center appealed the zoning board's decision to the council. With little discussion, council members voted 7-0 to deny the appeal.

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