PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing regarding an amendment to Section 6-7E-3 to allow daycare centers, preschools, and primary schools as a conditional use in the B5 (Secondary Downtown) zoning district (PZC 20-1-106)
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Sara Kopinski, AICP
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Required notice of PZC 20-1-106 was published in the Daily Herald on November 2, November 5, and November 9, 2020.
BACKGROUND:
A development petition has been submitted by Quattro Twenty Four North Washington, LLC for a Montessori school to be located at 24 N. Washington Street in the B5 (Secondary Downtown) zoning district. In conjunction with this development request, the petitioner requested that a text amendment to Section 6-7E-3 be processed to allow daycare centers, preschools, and primary schools with playground facilities and other supporting uses to be permitted as conditional uses in the B5 zoning district. The PZC concurred with this request and initiated the text amendment on October 21, 2020.
DISCUSSION:
The intent of the B5 zoning district is to accommodate activities which may be incompatible with the predominantly retail uses permitted in the B4 district, but are required to service the downtown as well as provide a transition to outlying residential areas. The B5 district accommodates a mix of office, service and multi-family residential uses in a pedestrian-oriented environment with sufficient parking provided to accommodate permitted uses. Currently permitted uses include commercial services such as banks, beauty shops/salons, dry cleaning, and photography studios; offices; parks; and, townhomes/multi-family developments. Conditional uses include retail, specialty food services, parking lots, hotels, and others.
The proposed text amendment seeks to modify existing code allowances to permit daycare centers, preschools, and primary schools and the...
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