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Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers. My name is Bob Nehring and I live at 3017 Wilson. I am here to not only to speak against the zoning text amendment and conditional use permit, but to state that a "Child Care Center" does not belong in an R -1 zone. As Ms. Rothstein pointed out in her memo to you, "Ms. Johnson holds a Minnesota Child Care License (Rule 3), which is a commercial type license and does not establish a maximum number of children allowed, except through teacher /student ratios and does not require her to live on -site. She does not live on site and employs a total of three teachers, including herself." She continues in the next paragraph that "Minnesota State Statute protects family childcare centers as a permitted use in the R -1 district, and family childcare centers are limited to 14 children." We have to be cautious with wording here. Minnesota State Statute protects family day care providers as a permitted use in the R -1 district. We need to look at word use and definitions here. The JUX Law Firm defines the two this way: "Family and group family day care provide services in a setting other than a child care center, usually the provider's residence, for fewer than 24 hours per day. A child care center is a facility where child care is provided for fewer than 24 hours per day in a setting that is not a residence." "Child care centers must be licensed with the Minnesota Department of Human Services pursuant to Minnesota Rule 9503.0005 to 9503.0170." On page 2 of Ms. Rothstein's memo to you, she lists Applicable codes and Statutes. Bullet #4 states: "M.S. 462.357, Subdivision 7 says 'a licensed day care facility serving 12 or fewer persons, and a group family care facility under Minnesta Rules, parts 9502.0315 to 9502.0445 to serve 14 or fewer children shall be considered a permitted single family residential use of property for the purposes of zoning. We are talking different MN Rules and one can't pick and choose which one to follow. When Ms. Johnson started her business, she started it as a home day care in a homesteaded residence even though no one resided there. The house is currently non - homesteaded and the day care license is now a license for a day care center. Other Child Care Centers in Saint Anthony Village include: MN Chinese Day Care and Learning Center, 2520 Kenzie Terrace Nativity Child and Family Center, 3312 Silver Lake Road Unlimited Potential in Education Inc., Operating as Jack & Jill, 2812 Anthony Lane South, Suite 400 IKRAM Child Care LLC, 3055 Old Highway 8, Suite 110 St Charles Borromeo Preschool, 2727 Stinson Blvd. and Willow & Sprout LLC, 3029 Wilson Street NE This business does not belong in an R -1 district. Thank you.