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Everett Council Removes Restrictions On Methadone Clinics (Except In Downtown)

March 8, 2018

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For years Everett City zoning codes only allowed one opiate substitution treatment clinic offering methadone to operate within the city limits and that was restricted to south of the Boeing Freeway. As the city planning commission studied a request from the operator of the city’s only methadone clinic to add another location research showed that […]

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Everett City Council Says A Clinic, Is A Clinic, Is A Clinic. But Can They Be Downtown?

February 21, 2018

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Tonight the Everett City Council held a public hearing over a proposed ordinance to remove treating methadone clinics or other opiate substitution treatment facilities differently than any other medical clinic. This came about after the Everett Planning Commission looked into the current Everett Zoning code that only allowed one methadone treatment facility within the city […]

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Everett City Council May Remove Restrictions On Methadone Clinics And Opiate Substitution Facilities

February 4, 2018

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Back on December 5th the Everett Planning Commission voted to recommend changes to the City of Everett Zoning Code that would repeal the definition of “opiate substitution treatment facilities” from the city’s zoning code. Planning Commissioners also recommended removing the term opiate substitution treatment facility as a use that required specific restrictions as to number […]

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Everett Planning Commission Removes Restrictions On Opiate Substitution Facilities

December 5, 2017

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Editor’s Note: We received the following clarification from City of Everett Public Information Director Meghan Pembroke this afternoon: Hi Lee – Hope you’re having a good week. I wanted to provide a clarification to your story on the planning commission vote last night. The commission voted to recommend to the City Council that the city’s […]

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Everett Can’t Treat Methadone Clinics Different From Other Medical Clinics

November 28, 2017

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The City of Everett can’t treat opiate treatment substitution treatment clinics offering methadone differently than it does any other type of medical clinic. That’s the upshot after the city considered allowing a methadone clinic to operate somewhere in the downtown Everett business district. As the Planning Commission considered recommendations on where to allow another methadone […]

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No Decision Tonight On Siting Of Second Methadone Clinic In Everett

November 7, 2017

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A few days ago we reported on tonight’s scheduled Planning Commission Meeting regarding a second methadone clinic in Everett and that after a public hearing the staff was recommending a second location either in north Everett north of 24th street or south Everett south of the Boeing Freeway. Now it looks like the public hearing […]

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