HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-6768 Staff AnalysisDecember 2, 1999
ITEM NO.: 6 FILE NO.: Z-6768
Name: Holmes Day Care Family Home
Special Use Permit
Location: 19 Southmont Drive
Owner/Applicant: Gloria May Holmes
primal: A Special Use Permit is
requested to allow the occupant
of 19 Southmont Drive to
operate a day-care family home.
The property is zoned R-2.
STAFF ANALYSIS
The occupant of the single family home located on the R-2
zoned property at 19 Southmont Drive is requesting approval
of a Special Use Permit to allow her to operate a day-care
family home.
19 Southmont is located at the southern fringe of a large,
single family residential neighborhood. Properties
extending to the east, west and north are zoned R-2 and are
occupied by single family homes. A church is located on the
R-2 zoned property adjacent to the south. The applicant's
home is typical of those in the neighborhood, one-story
frame construction with a single -car carport and driveway.
The applicant proposes to operate the day care from 6:30
a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The maximum
number of children on the property at any given time will be
ten. Some children will receive full day care while others
will receive after school care. The ages of children in the
applicant's care will range from 2-5 years of age. The rear
yard is fenced and will be used by the children as a
playground. The applicant's property borders a church on
the rear. The church's playground is adjacent to the
applicant's rear yard. The property has a single -wide
driveway with room for two cars to provide drop-off/pick-up
area.
The principal use of the property will remain single family
residential. No signage beyond that allowed in single
family zones will be permitted. The applicant states all
necessary paperwork to be licensed by the State has been
completed and she has received and passed an inspection by
the Childcare Board.
December 2, 1999
ITEM NO.: 6 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z-6768
Section 36-54(e)(3) of the Code establishes the site and
location criteria for day care family homes as follow:
a. This use may be located only in a single-family home,
occupied by the care giver.
b. Must be operated within licensing procedures
established by the State of Arkansas.
C. The use is limited to ten (10) children including the
care givers.
d. The minimum to qualify for special use permit is six
(6) children from households other than the care
givers.
e. This use must obtain a special use permit in all
districts where day care centers are not allowed by
right.
Special Use Permits are not transferable in any manner.
Permits cannot be transferred from owner to owner, location
to location or use to use.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of the requested Special Use
Permit to allow a day-care family home at 19 Southmont Drive
subject to compliance with the site and location criteria
established in Section 36-54(e)(3) of the Code.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
(DECEMBER 2, 1999)
The applicant was present. There were no objectors present.
Staff presented the item and a recommendation of approval
subject to compliance with the site and location criteria
established in Section 36-54(e)(3).
The item was placed on the Consent Agenda and approved as
recommended by staff. The vote was 11 ayes, 0 noes and
0 absent.
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