Laserfiche WebLink
Item No: 6B <br />Meeting Date: August 19, 2009 <br />Type of Business: Other Planning Activity <br /> <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br /> <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Review Code Amendment – Daycare Centers in Public <br />and Semi-Public Buildings <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />Community Development staff has been making a list of code amendments that the City <br />should make. This report is an update on one of the proposed code amendments – daycare <br />centers in public and semi-public buildings). <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />On July 27, 2009, the City Council considered the first reading of six different ordinances for <br />amendments to the City Code. The Council gave four of the proposed ordinances first <br />reading and delayed taking action on the other two – Ordinance 828 (about accessory <br />structures) and Ordinance 832 (about day care centers in public and semi-public buildings). <br />The Council asked staff to research further the issues and concerns related to the two <br />ordinances that they did not act on. <br /> <br />On August 24, 2009, the City Council is scheduled to hold the first reading of Ordinance 832 <br />(Daycare centers in public and semi-public buildings) during their Council meeting. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The City Council discussed the code amendment, which would allow daycare centers to <br />operate in public or semi-public buildings, such as a church, community center or school, <br />which are typically in R-1 zoned districts. Staff initially drafted the code amendment to read <br />that a daycare center would be allowed as a conditional use in these types of public or semi- <br />public buildings. When the City Council discussed this, they suggested that since a church <br />or school already has a conditional use permit to operate in an R-1 zoning district, is it <br />necessary to have them get another conditional use permit just to add a daycare as an <br />accessory use? Staff agreed with the City Council, and changed the code amendment <br />language to reflect this. <br /> <br />Since there are now also day care centers for adults, these could also operate in the public <br />or semi-public buildings. The current definition for day care center in the zoning code <br />specifies “children,” so staff is proposing that the City add a definition to the city code <br />specifically for adult day care.