After relocating to Braeside Medicentre, Second Chance Recovery said it would close because staff and doctors were afraid for their safety. (CBC)

A Calgary methadone clinic that has had trouble finding a permanent home says it has approval to move to a southeast industrial park.

Second Chance Recovery treats about 500 people trying to kick addictions to heroin and prescription drugs.

On Monday, the clinic announced through its lawyers that it had permission from the city to move to 3716 61 Avenue S.E. in the Foothills Industrial Park.

"Now that the city has granted approval, Second Chance hopes to meet with nearby businesses and land owners to advise them of the clinic's operational standards," said the clinic in a press release.

"No methadone will be stored or dispensed at the clinic. In the past there had been a concern that patients waiting near the pharmacy to receive methadone appeared to be loitering. To ensure that cannot become an issue, methadone is kept and distributed at a separate [undisclosed] downtown location."

The private clinic was located downtown for six years, but its lease was not renewed, so it relocated to a light industrial park on 41st Avenue N.E. in late 2008. But the Highland Park Community Association pointed out the area wasn't zoned for a medical clinic, resulting in the city ordering it to move out.

A deal to lease a space in a strip mall in the southeast community of Forest Lawn fell through in April after opposition from businesses and residents there.

This summer, the clinic moved to the community of Braeside, but threatened to shut down in the face of neighbourhood outcry and intimidation to clinic staff.

Calgary's only other methadone treatment centre is run by the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission. With 300 clients, that facility had a three-month waiting list.