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Orange County Child Care Zoning Change Id• This matter is coming before the full Board of Child Care Networks because timing of this matter does not permit assigning it to a committee for study and recommendation. Background: A woman operating a three-hour, three-morning-per week nursery program for seven children in her own home telephoned us in September. As a courtesy,she had notified all of her neighbors of her intention to operate her program. The lots in her neighborhood are large with trees between most houses,so she did rot anticipate any complaint. Nonetheless,she answered her door one day to a representative of the Orange County Planning Department.who informed her that one of her neighbors had complaned and that she must stop operating her program immediately. He also told her that the only way she could operate in future would be to apply for a Special Use Permit. He left her instructions for doing so. She considered them impossible to comply with. . She contacted our office and we expressed astonishment and offered to make inquiries. We telephoned Assistant County Manager Albert Kittrell who checked this matter with the Planning Department. Kittrell called us back to say that indeed,Orange County Zoning does require a Special Use Permit for ALJ I child care operations in residentially zoned areas. We asked about all the Registered Family Day Care Homes and half-day programs that are operating without Speical Use Permits and were told that the Planning Department simply did not know about them and would require special use permits of them if they came to the Department's attention. Kittrell also told us that the Director of the Planning Depatment was amenable to seeking a change in the regulations and would be glad to talk with us. Subsequently Nancy met with Marvin Collins the Planning Dirctor and disussed amendments. The follow-up document Collins sent to us is,for the most part,satisfactory,but some changes we recommend are listed below. The Planning Board will meet on November 28. Our Board needs to forward Its recommendations to the Planning Board before that date. e .N toff re,male ation th the CuN Psd,s is that the proposed chanoes;orovided to us by ..', • i 1 - •-• ..'- 1- .'1 1 1- 1.,,.- .11. -WA. 1 ents listed below be forwarded to the •..- ♦r. •- • it - •.I11.10 :1. • 1' -•1.1111-it .. ••1 • a- :•- • •f • • See October 17, 1988 document from Orange county Planning Department enclosed Following changes and insertions recommended: Page 3 impacts/issues: second paragraph, line 6,insert after facilities"other than those requiring State licensing" • third paragraph,line 6,insert after ski"and operating certain hours" . Page 4,Article 22, Day Care Facility,fourth line,change"after-schoor to read"school-age". - Same paragraph,seventh line,insert after 24 hours per day'and those operating fewer than four- - - .• hours per day that provide care for more children per adult caregiver than would be permitted in a AA State licensed center." . - Next paragraph,line 8 and 9 is no longer current and needs to be changed in accordance with - current statutes which do include summer day camps run by non-profit organizations. - - • Gui',r eZ !ate C14.. ce Ca.-a id20.024 • 1