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City Hall: Oxford House debate shines a light on city zoning ordinances
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City Hall: Oxford House debate shines a light on city zoning ordinances
- Aug 24, 2022
- Aug 24, 2022 Updated Feb 25, 2023
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The recent debate over a sober-living home in the Near South neighborhood highlighted the city’s zoning ordinances and how they define family — and a nonprofit’s attempts to expand that definition.
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Oxford House, a national organization that helps people recovering from substance abuse, runs a house at 1923 B St. It is seeking a reasonable accommodation under the federal Fair Housing Act from a city ordinance governing how many unrelated people can live in one housing unit.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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LINCOLN, NEB. - 08/07/2022 - Arianna points to a rocket pop on a ice cream truck at Holmes Lake Park, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
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Parade watchers race to collect candy thrown during the Wilber Czech Festival on Saturday.
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Grammy award winning American blues singer Bonnie Raitt performs at the Pinewood Bowl on Tuesday.
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Saltdogs third baseman Ryan Long (left) beats the tag as Gary SouthShore second baseman Michael Woodworth drops the ball on Monday at Haymarket Park.
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Fair attendees ride a motorcycle-themed merry-go-round during the Lancaster County Super Fair on Sunday.
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Layla Karee (left) comforts Shireen Jardo Alhanto who begins to sob while speaking of her family both missing and deceased during a ceremony to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the Yazidi genocide on Wednesday in Malcolm. Alhanto lost two brothers, and 15 members of her family are still missing.
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Nebraska quarterback Casey Thompson claps hands during practice Monday at Hawks Championship Center.
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Nebraska Wesleyan athletic training student Sabrina Ochterbeck is placed in an ice bath by athletic trainers (from left) Terry Adair of Bryan Health, Tyler Rediger of Lincoln Southeast, Bryan Butler of Lincoln Northeast and Charity Rainey of Lincoln High on Friday. With fall practice set to begin Monday, athletic trainers reviewed how to prevent and treat heat illnesses.
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Luca Yeager slams down his mug after downing Kool-Aid in a quickest drinking contest, during the Kool-Aid Days Festival, at the Adams County Fair grounds on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, in Hastings. Thousands of “kids” of all ages gather to celebrate the invention of Kool-Aid®, Nebraska’s Official Soft Drink, by Edwin Perkins in 1927.
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Lincoln Northwest High School students, including Noah Foreman (from right), Brohdy Ferguson and Delaney Ahl check out the cafeteria area Monday, Aug. 15, 2022.
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Nebraska volleyball head coach John Cook observes the team's first practice of the season Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Alex Kuepper rests in the shade after finishing the 150-mile race during the Gravel Worlds on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, in Lincoln.
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Nebraska's Red team reacts after scoring a point during the Red-White Scrimmage Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Anti-abortion demonstrators pray outside the Planned Parenthood clinic near 48th Street and Old Cheney Road on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. A Planned Parenthood official said protest activity outside the clinic has surged since the Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Tramesha Cruse poses for a photo at her restaurant, Lila Mae's Southern Kitchen and Lounge, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022.
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A dog swims in the water during Dog Splash at Star City Shores sponsored by the Lincoln Parks Foundation and the Greater Lincoln Obedience Club on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022.
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LINCOLN, NEB. - 08/26/2022 - Marcee Metzger of Voices of Hope poses for a portrait at the group's office, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
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Nebraska's Hayden Kubik (top, first right) celebrates with her team after scoring the match-ending point of a 3-0 win against Texas A&M Corpus-Christi on Friday at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Mike Comstock picks up his daughter, Brooklynn Comstock, at the end of the first day of school at Robinson Elementary on Monday. The new school in northeast Lincoln opened two weeks late because of construction issues.
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Friday's game between Lincoln Northwest and Ralston is seen through temporary fencing at Union Bank Stadium. It was the inaugural game at the stadium.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
Kearney's Sawyer Schilke carries the ball as he narrowly avoids a tackle by Lincoln East's Connor Shelton on Thursday at Seacrest Field.
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The family of Hulda Roper, including step-grandson Craig Roper (from left) and stepson Charlie Roper, talk with Lincoln Police Chief Teresa Ewins and Cedars president and CEO Jim Blue as the youth service organization names its conference room after Hulda Roper, the city's first female police officer.
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Sen. Ben Sasse (from left), Rep. Don Bacon, Rep. Adrian Smith and Rep. Mike Flood attend the annual federal legislative summit on Thursday at Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum.
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Mike Meyerle (left) and Steph Meyerle of Beatrice watch Nebraska play Northwestern on Saturday at McKinney's Irish Pub.
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Lincoln Pius X players run through a banner before taking on Scottsbluff on Friday at Aldrich Field.
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Lincoln East's Kooper Barnes dances with her teammates before the Spartans took on Norris in the LPS Classic on Saturday at Doris Bair Softball Complex.
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Lincoln Southeast's Gunnar Gottula flips his hair back after taking off his helmet in the fourth quarter against Elkhorn South on Aug. 26 at Seacrest Field.
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Lincoln Lutheran's Elecea Saathoff (3) tips the ball past Waverly defenders Thursday at Lincoln Lutheran High School.
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Oxford House, a national organization that helps people recovering from substance abuse, runs a house at 1923 B St. It is seeking a reasonable accommodation under the federal Fair Housing Act from a city ordinance governing how many unrelated people can live in one housing unit.
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