Warren Pisco and another resident raised concerns and support for a proposed Oxford House sober‑living home and urged the City of Vienna to apply existing zoning and occupancy rules.

"I think it's proper to enforce our zoning of elections, select requirements, and I believe that the house that we're talking about meets them," resident Warren Pisco told the council, saying sober‑living houses provide a needed peer group for people in recovery.

Another resident, Judas Piscow, asked the council to provide information and urged neighbors and police to treat residents fairly, describing Oxford House operations as democratically run, with members paying rent and participating in chores and recovery meetings. "People completing the Oxford House program are less likely to return to substance abuse than those in traditional programs," Piscow said while summarizing research and local experience.

Council members said they had scheduled a public meeting to answer questions about the Oxford House and noted the city is limited in what it can control. A council member clarified, "the city does not have the power to enforce deed restrictions," and that deed‑restriction enforcement is a private matter for property owners. That distinction was offered in the same discussion where council approved a separate resolution authorizing the city attorney to pursue enforcement of municipal ordinances.

The meeting record shows no formal planning or zoning action was taken at this session; the council instead directed outreach and set a separate public information meeting to address neighbor concerns and provide more detail about rules governing group homes and occupancy.

Next steps: the mayor and staff said the city will hold the scheduled public meeting and distribute notices in affected neighborhoods; no vote or ordinance change was taken at this meeting.