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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes March 18, 2003 Page 3 Ms. Hall stated that staff has assembled information about some of the state statutes and rules as 2 well as what other cities have done related to adult day care. All in all, the State highly regulates 3 the area and it takes a license to operate an adult day care center. The City can take some 4 comfort in this. Ms. Hall noted that pertinent information related to the physical plant, space 5 requirements, building, and fire code for adult day care has been provided for the Planning 6 Commission's review. 7 8 Ms. Hall advised that some cities in the metro area have adopted amendments regarding adult 9 day care centers, which have been provided to the Planning Commission. In most cases, an 10 application is pulled for a conditional use permit. Under a conditional use permit scenario, a city 1 1 can look at the conditions on a case-by-case scenario. 12 13 In summary, Ms. Hall presented the following parameters that cities consider as follows: 14 • Adult Day Care Center is defined(i.e. Golden Valley). 15 • Parking requirements (i.e. New Hope). 16 • Specific loading/drop off requirements(i.e. New Hope). 17 • Adequate site circulation. 18 • Set hours of operation(i.e. 8 a.m. —5 p.m. Monday—Friday). 19 • How many are served at the location(i.e. 12 or fewer, Shakopee). 20 • The total usable indoor space available for participants must equal to at least so many square feet 21 for each day care participant and each staff member(i.e. Shakopee). • Outdoor recreation area required (i.e. New Hope). Outdoor leisure/recreation areas located and I? designated to minimize visual and noise impacts on adjacent areas(i.e. Shakopee). 24 • Comply with all other State licensing requirements. 25 • Some cities allow adult day care centers in other various districts (i.e. Shakopee, Golden Valley). 26 Golden Valley allows adult day care in the commercial, light 27 industrial, industrial,business and professional offices, and institutional zoning districts. 28 29 Ms. Hall advised that staff contacted the City of Golden Valley, which has a conditional use 30 permit process. She noted the copy of a conditional use permit that had been issued for an adult 31 day care in the industrial zoning district. In addition, City staff has learned from talking with the 32 Department of Human Services that non-residential zoning seems to be the best fit for the adult 33 day care use. 34 35 Ms. Hall noted that another City that staff contacted, the City of Eagan, has a freestanding adult 36 day care center. However, Eagan has not made any zoning changes for this. Eagan staff said a 37 couple of years ago an adult day care center went into a larger office building. The adult day care 38 center encompasses 1,000 square feet. Their hours of operation are from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. They 39 have 18-20 participants on a given day. They don't offer specialized care or treatments, but 40 rather, it's more of a gathering place. The City of Eagan staff said the space is compatible with 41 the use of adult day care as far as the City is concerned. 42 43 Ms. Hall explained that in the end, the City Council will look for a recommendation from the Planning Commission on the issue of whether the adult day care use should be permitted, or not, It and just in the commercial zoning district. 46