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OR AN G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 28, 1991 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # C 4 <br />SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br />(Large Day Care Homes) <br />073 <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING ,x Yes No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proposed Amendment <br />County Attorney Comments <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Eddie Kirk - ext. 2582 <br />TELPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 <br />PURPOSE: To receive public comment concerning proposed <br />revisions to existing Zoning ordinance provisions <br />applicable to day care centers. <br />BACKGROUND: Day care facilities are currently permitted in <br />residential zoning districts upon approval of a Class <br />B Special Use Permit. In commercial and office zoning <br />districts, such facilities are permitted by right. <br />A day -care arrangement which provides care for more <br />than 5 children on a regular basis as defined by the <br />NC Child Day Care Commission is considered a Day Care <br />and must receive approval of a Class B Special Use <br />Permit from the Board of Adjustment. <br />4.-- <br />Recently, Child Care Networks contacted the Planning <br />Department about a new category of child care <br />arrangement approved and licensed by the N.C. Child <br />Day Care Commission. The new category is a "large <br />day care home" and is termed a "home" because it is <br />located in a family residence. A large day care home <br />may,have up to 15 children, depending on their ages. <br />Child Care Networks requested that large day care <br />homes be permitted as a use by right. <br />