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Article 5: Uses <br /> Section 5.8: Standards for Adult and Child care & Educational Facilities <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-85 <br /> <br />(a) The location of the residence in which the Daycare Center in a <br />Residence is to be located in relation to existing property lines and <br />adjacent homes; <br />(b) The location, number, and means of access to required off street parking <br />areas; <br />(c) The location and type of required landscaping and/or screening; and31 <br />(d)(c) A fenced, outdoor play space. <br />(2) A floor plan of the proposed child care facility, showing the use and dimensions <br />of each room and the location of entrances and exits. <br />(3) A landscape plan denoting required land use buffers around the structure <br />housing the use and outdoor play areas. <br />(3)(4) Evidence that the minimum requirements to qualifythe facility qualifies for a state <br />State of North Carolina Center in a Residence for 3 to 12 Children license have <br />been satisfied.child care license. <br />(B) Standards of Evaluation <br />(1) The Daycare Center in a Residence is to be located in an area, which is free <br />from conditions dangerous to the physical and moral welfare of the children.32 <br />(2)(1) The use shall be limited to serving between 3 to 12 children.33 <br />(3)(2) The minimum requirements to qualify for a State of North Carolina child care <br />license are satisfied. <br />(4)(3) The There is property has direct frontage and access onto a public sState <br />maintained road. <br />(5)(4) Adequate access to and from the site, as well as adequate space off the road <br />right-of-way, is provided for the safe pickup and discharge of children and is <br />provided in such a manner that traffic generated by the Daycare Center in a <br />Residence is not disruptive to adjacent residentially developed properties.Parking <br />areas shall comply with the provisions of Section 6.9 of this Ordinance. <br />(6)(5) Child pick-up and drop off areas shall be located on-site, separated from required <br />parking areas and drive-isles, and have sufficient vehicular stacking area to <br />accommodate a minimum of three vehicles.34 <br />(7)(6) The plot plan shall show how the facilities will be screened from adjacent <br />properties. A Type B 30-foot buffer shall be provided around the Daycare Center <br />in a Residence and play area in accordance with Section 6.8.6. These buffers <br />will effectively screen the view of any outdoor play area, and reduce noise <br />associated with the child care. Required buffers installed around the unit housing <br />the daycare and the perimeter of the outdoor play area comply with the Type B <br />land use buffer, as detailed in Section 6.8.6 of this Ordinance.35 <br /> <br />31 Spelled out in greater detail in a revised subsection 3 contained herein.  <br />32 Staff is recommending the standard be eliminated due to a lack of viable criteria for staff to be able to  <br />definitively determine if an area is free of conditions dangerous to the ‘physical and moral welfare of the children’.   <br />33 This new provision incorporates numerous references to the limitation on the number of children that can be  <br />served in a central location rather than in multiple sections of the UDO.  <br />34 Existing language is ambiguous and does not provide a measurable standard.  Proposed modifications eliminate  <br />discretionary language and establishes a measurable, enforceable, standard.  <br />35 Staff is proposing to simplify existing language to eliminate discretionary language creating potential  <br />inconsistent enforcement of the standard.  <br /> 220