Ada County commissioners will decide Thursday night whether Icarus Behavioral Health, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility in a South Boise neighborhood, can double the number of patients it houses.
Currently, the facility operates with eight residents and is protected under the federal Fair Housing Act, according to Ada County Planning and Zoning. A conditional use permit would allow it to expand to 16 residents — the maximum allowed under county code.
“We just don’t feel it’s appropriate to have a medical facility operating in a residential neighborhood,” said Rusty O’Leary, who has lived in the neighborhood for 38 years…