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Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)

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Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
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Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
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2018-03-01

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with the zoning regulations for the district in
        which the site is located.
Id. § 155.001. The Code imposes additional restrictions on
family care residences. In relevant part, such residences must
be “located upon a zoning lot which is more than 600 feet
from the property line of any other such facility.” Id. § 155.053.
According to the Code, this is to ensure that family care resi-
dences, “which operate most effectively in residential envi-
ronments, do not adversely affect those environments
through over concentration.” Id.
    Plaintiff Individual Advocacy Group, Inc. (“IAG”) is a
non-profit organization that provides residential services to
adults with disabilities, including assistance in dressing, food
preparation, shopping, home maintenance, and cleaning.
Such services allow disabled individuals to live in family-like
settings in typical residential communities, a configuration
commonly referred to as Community Integrated Living Ar-
rangements (“CILAs”). Notably, unlike other residential ser-
vice agencies, IAG does not own or operate group homes. Ra-
ther, IAG clients (or their legal guardians) rent individual
dwellings on their own behalf, and then IAG provides in-
home support.1
   In 2012, IAG contacted several property owners in
Springfield about providing housing for CILAs. In August
2013, Christine and Robyn Hovey agreed to rent a home lo-
cated at 2328 Noble Avenue (”the Noble home”) to three IAG