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AGENDA ITEM 4 C STAFF ORIGINATOR Mary Kay Nyland DATE February 23, 1995 TOPIC 95-3-C, Kids at Heart Child Care, 7330 Lake Drive, Conditional Use Permit •Kids at Heart Child Care• Center is located at• 7330 Lake Drive in the Gethsemane Methodist Church building. They have been at this site since January of 1992 and hold a license from the State of Minnesota for 35 children. Recently a request was submitted to the State to increase the number of children to 42. The breakdown would be as follows: 20 Pre School Children - 2 1/2 - 5 years of age 15 School Age Children 5 - 12 years of age 7 Toddlers 16 months 2 1/2 years of age The property in question is Zoned R-3, Medium Density Residential and the Zoning Ordinance provides for day care nurseries (15 persons or more) with a Conditional Use Permit. The City was asked to review this center as a result of the request to increase the number of children to 42. In the review process it was determined that a Conditional Use Permit was not obtained in January 1992 when the facility was originally licensed by the State. I believe this was an oversight in 1992 as there were some staffing changes within the City between late 1991 and early 1992 when the original State review occurred. The applicant has, therefore, been required to obtain the necessary Conditional Use Permit at this time. Space has been provided within the church building for a play/fellowship area, nursery, kitchen and restrooms.A fenced in playground on the site is used for ourdoor recreation. There are currently four (4) full time employees and two (2) part time. The facility is open from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Parking in the church parking lot is more than adequate to serve this use and the church. The State Licensing Division, the Fire Marshall, the Building Inspector and myself have inspected the site and find it to be in compliance with all applicable requirements. The Conditional Use Permit will be subject to various State Inspections and City review on an annual basis. The Planning and Zoning Board held a Public Hearing on February 8, 1995. Condition No. 4 was added as the result of neighborhood concerning regarding drainage on the church property.