CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Receive the staff report regarding the properties located at 24 N. Washington Street and 20 E. Franklin Avenue (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:
The Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) considered this matter on November 18, 2020 and voted to recommend approval of the request (Approved 8-0). Staff concurs.
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 City Council'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 12/1/20 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 Sc...
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