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L <br />O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 3 1991 <br />FI <br />Action Agenda <br />Item #� <br />SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br />(Large Day Care Homes) <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING x Yes No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Eddie Kirk -- ext. 2582 <br />Refer to 5 -28 -91 Public Hearing <br />Agenda Packet. 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 />This matter was continued from the May 28,1991 public <br />hearing. <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 />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 />