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City of Mounds View Staff Report Ordinance 595:Day Care Centers April 2, 1997 Page 2 • the Highway gh ay 10 right-of-way line, shall not be considered a non-conforming use, and any structure or play yard on the premises may be reconstructed, expanded or enlarged as long as the setback of the play yard from the Highway 10 right-of-way line is not made less by the reconstruction, expansion or enlargement" This revision would allow Kindercare to continue operating without becoming a non- conforming use. Background: At present, day care centers and group nurseries are allowed only in the residential districts. At your meeting on February 24,two issues were raised by Councilmembers. These issues were: ■ If day care centers are placed in business and industrial districts, it is possible the they will be located next to streets which carry higher volumes of traffic, and children will be subjected to higher levels of exhaust fumes. The question was asked whether a criteria should be added which would address this possibility. • The question was asked whether there should be a distance requirement between day care centers and group nurseries and businesses serving liquor, liquor stores and adu b establishments. • City Council referred the ordinance revision back to Planning Commission for more discussion of-these issues. At your meeting on March 24, Staff provided information on ways to address the issues and the recommendation from the Planning Commission. Three options were discussed. #1: Add day care centers and group nurseries to the business and industrial districts as conditional uses. Criteria a through g.noted above would apply to these uses in the residential districts. Criteria a. through i. would apply in the business and industrial districts. #2: Add day care centers and group nurseries to the business and industrial districts as conditional uses. Criteria a. through i. would apply to these uses in all districts where they were allowed (residential, business and industrial). Provision would be made for existing day care centers so they did not become non-conforming if they did not meet the two new criteria(h. and i.). #3: Adopt the ordinance as originally proposed, i.e. add day care centers and group nurseries to the business and industrial districts as conditional uses without adding any new criteria After discussion, City Council introduced an ordinance revision which would enact Option#2 for first reading. Ordinance 595 included with this report follows this option. Recommendation: The Planning Commission, by a unanimous vote, and the staff recommend adoption of Ordinance No. 595 as attached. • ;), ; VIN1/011 in,tLil,t" • Pamela Sheldon, Community Development Director N:\DATA\USERS\PAMSSHARE\SPECPROZSP013.9/\DAYCARE.CC3