PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing for Guidepost Montessori - PZC 20-1-092 (Item 1 of 3)
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Sara Kopinski, AICP
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Required notice of PZC 20-1-092 was published in the Daily Herald on November 2, 2020.
BACKGROUND:
Quattro Twenty Four North Washington, LLC submitted a development petition for Guidepost Montessori School to be located at 24 N. Washington Street and 20 E. Franklin Avenue, in the City's B5 (Secondary Downtown) zoning district. The petitioner requests PZC's consideration of the following entitlements: a conditional use for a daycare center, preschool, primary school and associated uses; and, a variance to eliminate the required stacking spaces for a daycare/preschool/nursery school.
DISCUSSION:
Quattro Twenty Four North Washington, LLC, is the contract purchaser of the subject property. The property is currently zoned B5 (Secondary Downtown), and has been vacant for some time. The petitioner intends to repurpose the existing building on-site for use as a Montessori childcare, preschool, and primary school facility.
Approval of PZC #20-1-092 is contingent on City Council's approval of a text amendment (PZC #20-1-106, also scheduled for the 11/18/20 PZC meeting) which would allow daycare centers, preschools, and primary schools to be permitted as conditional uses in the B5 zoning district.
Conditional Use
Subject to City Council's approval of the aforementioned text amendment, Section 6-7E-3 (B5/Conditional Uses) of the Municipal Code classifies daycare centers, preschools, primary schools and their supporting uses as conditional uses in the B5 zoning district. The petitioner requests approval of a conditional use to allow Guidepost Montessori School (which will include a daycare center, preschool, and primary school) to operate on the subject property. The petitioner plans to improve th...
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