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g. Narrative Attachment to Zoning Text Amendment Application the number of accommodation suites to a maximum of ten (10) to keep any structures for this use within a residential scale. Both the proposed birth center and the proposed postpartum care center are compatible with the City’s designation of this property as part of an Agricultural district and with its continued existence as such on future land use plans and in the Comprehensive Plan. While the process of giving birth has been largely “medicalized” in the United States since the mid-twentieth century, historically, birth and its aftermath occurred in the home and was another facet to the typical conditions of daily living. The proposed use offers an option for this most vital process of life to be in an agrarian, naturalistic, home-like setting that promotes rest and healing, while also acknowledging the wider societal progress that has made it impossible to fully return to the historic model. First, most people today lack the community and family support to recreate the historical norms for birth and postpartum care. Before the mid-twentieth century, it was much more common that a pregnant woman would have a local midwife who would be in regular contact throughout her pregnancy, available to be on call to assist with delivery when she began her labor, and to check in on the new baby after it was born. All prenatal visits, the birth, and postpartum care would occur in the pregnant woman’s home. The new mother also would have often had her female relatives move in with her for a period before and after the birth to assist with household and care tasks for the recovering mother and her new infant. Now, it is more typical to have far-fiung families who have other obligations that prevent them from being there to help a relative with a new baby, and few parents experience the kind of support that they would have had under the historic model. This has the added effect of increasing the prevalence of trauma, depression, and isolation that many people feel after becoming parents within the modern paradigm. Second, most people rely on health insurance to help pay for the costs associated with giving birth, and coverage can be reduced or non-existent for those who want to consider a home birth (note, however, that most insurance providers do cover birth center birth expenses). Third, many people are also accustomed to the more recent norm of hospital birth and feel trepidation at the idea of home birth, even if they are unlikely to experience any complication in delivery. These individuals often feel more comfortable in a setting where they can feel assured of competent monitoring and additional intervention if anything should start to go wrong. The birth center and postpartum care center resolve these three issues by offering a venue for birth and recovery where new parents can feel supported by care providers who are experts in the fleld , within an environment that is residential in scale and maintains much of the existing property as an open space. While the number of people who would be able to be accommodated at one time is modest, the beneflts to patients and their families would be cumulative over time as more and more babies are able to be born in this environment.