Blaine, Minn., Code of Ordinances ch. 18, art. V § 18-333

It is the policy of the city, pursuant to the federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, to provide reasonable accommodations in the application of its zoning regulations for persons with disabilities seeking fair and equal access to housing. The term "reasonable accommodation" means providing an individual with a disability or developers of housing for an individual with a disability flexibility in the application of land use and zoning regulations or policies, including the modification or waiver of certain requirements, when it is necessary to eliminate barriers to housing opportunities. The purpose of this section is to establish a process for making and acting upon requests for reasonable accommodation. (1)
Any person who requests reasonable accommodation in the form of modification in the application of a zoning regulation which may act as a barrier to fair housing opportunities due to the disability of existing or proposed residents may do so on an application form provided by the city. The term "person" includes any individual with a disability, their representative or a developer or provider of housing for an individual, with a disability. The application shall include a detailed explanation of why the modification is reasonably necessary to make the specific housing available to the person, including information establishing that the applicant is disabled under applicable laws, as well as other information required by the city to make the determination. If the project for which the request is being made also requires an additional land use review or approval, the applicant shall file the request concurrently with the land use review.
(2) City staff shall review the request and make a formal recommendation to the city council. The request shall be evaluated under the following factors:
a. Whether there is a qualifying disability;
b. Whether the request is needed to allow a disabled person equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling or to live in a particular neighborhood as a person without disabilities;
c. Whether the request is reasonable, considering the potential impact on surrounding uses, the extent to which the accommodation meets the stated need, and other alternatives that may meet that need;
d. Whether the request would constitute a fundamental alternation of the city's regulations, policies, or procedures;
e. Whether the request would impose an undue financial or administrative burden on the city;
f. The number, nature and extent of the requested accommodation in relation to the physical limitations of the building and site; and
g. Any other factor that may have a bearing on the request, as determined by the city.
(3) The city council shall consider the request following receipt of the recommendation of the city staff.
(4) An approved sober living home license is granted only to an individual or operating entity and does not run with the land.
(5) No sober living home shall be located within 1,320 feet of another sober living home that has been granted a sober living home license as measured from the property lines closest to one another.