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1 Erwin Road Montessori School Special Use Permit Application – Exhibit B Narrative The Erwin Road Montessori School, a day care facility with a Durham address of 735 Erwin Rd Durham, NC 27707 but with the majority of the parcel located within the Orange County limits, is applying for an updated SUP. The school is currently operating under the SUP granted by Orange County on November 11, 2002, and filed on Marh 11, 2003 which approved the conversion of a single-family home to a day care facility for up to 23 children and 4 staff members. Currently, the school is out of compliance with its SUP as it’s enrolling more children than it’s allowed limit. The applicant acknowledged this in a letter to Planning Director Cy Stober on January 12, 2024. The applicant is proposing the improvements shown on the site plan not only to bring the school back into compliance but also to allow for an expanded enrollment. With this modification to the SUP, the Owner is proposing to increase enrollment at the day care to 46 children, the capacity allowed by the current Childcare License, and up to 10 staff. These improvements include a new septic system, improved driveway and driveway connection, parking space increases, site lighting improvements, etc. The proposed use of the property will not change as part of this SUP application. The operation will remain as a day care facility with all the same features and characteristics that currently exist. The main building, a 2,070 SF formally single- family residential structure that was upfitting to a day care facility as part of the original SUP, will maintain the same. Building elevations and operational characteristics that currently exist including the fenced outdoor playground area, concrete sidewalks, play equipment, gardens and landscape and solid waste disposal methods will also remain unchanged. The outparcel buildings currently unused will remain unused as part of this application. 66