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I <br />PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br />ORDINANCE: Zoning <br />REFERENCE: Article <br />Article <br />Article <br />Article <br />)rd <br />22 <br />4 <br />6 <br />14 <br />finance <br />- Definitions (Large Day Care Home) <br />- Permitted Use Table <br />- Application of Dimensional <br />Requirements <br />- Site Plan Approval Procedures <br />ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: —X —Staff Planning Board <br />^BOCC Public <br />—x —other: Child 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. <br />EXISTING PROVISIONS: See attached provisions. <br />K, <br />