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2 <br /> be amended to be consistent with the State licensing <br /> requirements. <br /> The proposed amendments incorporate the definitions of <br /> "day care" and "day care facility" from the State <br /> licensing requirements into the Zoning Ordinance. The <br /> zoning districts in which day care facilities are <br /> permitted, by right and upon approval of a Class B <br /> Special Use Permit, would remain unchanged. <br /> The standards for evaluation of a Special Use Permit <br /> application have been proposed for, amendment. The <br /> proposed changes would include the following: <br /> a) The day care facility is to be located in an <br /> area which is free from conditions dangerous <br /> to the physical and moral welfare of the <br /> children. <br /> b) The minimum requirements to qualify for a State of <br /> North Carolina day care facility license are <br /> satisfied. <br /> c) There is direct access from the property on which <br /> the day care facility is to be located to a State- <br /> maintained road or a private road approved by Orange <br /> County. <br /> d) Adequate access to and from the site as well as <br /> adequate space off the road right-of-way, is <br /> provided for the safe pick-up and discharge of <br /> children and is provided in such a manner that <br /> traffic generated by the day care facility is not <br /> disruptive to adjacent residentially developed <br /> properties. <br /> e) Fencing and/or screening is to be provided which <br /> assures the protection of the children receiving day <br /> care, protects adjacent residentially developed <br /> properties from trespass, effectively screens the <br /> view of any outdoor play area, and reduces noise <br /> associated with the operation of the day care <br /> facility. <br /> Comments received at the hearing and the Staff response <br /> to each is as follows: <br /> 1. What is meant by "conditions dangerous to the <br /> physical and moral welfare of the children" in <br /> Article 8.8.16.2 a)? <br /> Article 8. 8.16.2 a) is repetitive of one of the <br /> requirements to qualify for a State day care <br />