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07"t 1 <br />PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br />ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance <br />REFERENCE: Article 22 - Definitions (Large Day Care Home) <br />Article 4 - Permitted Use Table <br />Article 6 - Application of Dimensional <br />Requirements <br />Article 14 - Site Plan Approval Procedures <br />ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: —X —Staff Planning Board <br />�BOCC Public <br />—X —Other: C91-11d Care Networks <br />STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: _X High Middle Low - <br />Comment: <br />EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: May 28, 1991 <br />PURPOSE: To revise existing Zoning Ordinance provisions <br />applicable to day care centers to be consistent with <br />State licensing requirements. <br />IMPACTS /ISSUES: Day care facilities are currently permitted <br />in residential zoning districts upon approval <br />of a Class B Special Use Permit. In <br />commercial and office zoning districts, such <br />facilities are permitted by right. <br />Recently, Child Care Networks contacted the <br />Planning Department about a new category of <br />child care arrangement approved and licensed <br />by the N.C. Child Day Care Commission. The <br />new category is a "large day care home" and <br />is termed a "home" because it is usually <br />located in a family residence. A large day <br />care home may have from six to 15 children, <br />but the actual number depends upon the ages <br />:>. of children. <br />Child Care Networks requested that the <br />current ordinance provisions be amended to <br />allow large day care homes but without the <br />necessity of obtaining a Class B Special Use <br />Permit. The amendments presented below are <br />proposed in response to Child Care Networks' <br />request. Staff commentary regarding specific <br />provisions is provided in italics. <br />