Agenda - Planning Commission - 06/03/2010

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CASE # Public Hearing REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO OPERATE A DAYCARE IN THE B-1 GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT Case of El Gato con Botas Learning Center, Doris Griep By: Jessica L. Hendricks, Management Intern Background: On May 13, 2010 the City received a request from Doris Griep, owner of El Gato con Botas Learning Center, for a conditional use pemut (CUP) to operate a daycaze/preschool in the Planned Unit Development (PUD) District at the property generally known as 5400 140a' Avenue NW. Notification: In accordance with State Statute, staff attempted to notify all property owners within 350 feet of the subject property of the request via standard US Mail Observations: T.he Applicant is proposing to .create a Spanish immersion preschool/daycaze called El Gato con Botas Learning Center for children ages three (3) to five (5) years. The proposed hours of operation will be from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm. The preschoo]/daycaze will offer Spanish language and cultural instruction. The Applicant proposes to locate the daycaze/learning center in a multitenant building on the northea3t comer of Bunke; Lake Boulevard and Dysprosium Street NW. The tenant space at this location is 2,942 square feet, and will be made up of four (4)•classrooms, three (3) restrooms, a staff lounge, and office area. Using the Minnesota Department of Health's formula to determine maximum occupancy for a daycare center, the proposed tenant space on the subject property would allow for roughly sixty-two (62) children (2,200 square feet of classroom space @ 35 . squaze feet per child). As a part of the remodel work for the daycare/preschool, the Applicant is also proposing to create a playground azea on the west side of the building. The playground will be constructed on existing pazking•lot space. The play azea will be enclosed with six by eight foot treated timbers, with grooves cut into them for drainage. This area will then be filled in with playground mulch and surrounded by a chain link fence. The resulting play azea will be approximately 2,000 square feet, exceeding the state requirement of 1,500 squaze feet. The subject property is zoned Planned Unit Development. The PUD for this subdivision specifies that the Subject Property shall be allowed the uses under the B-1 Gerieral Business District and daycare centers are listed as a conditional use in this district. There will be a total of nineteeiu (19) pazking~ stalls on this property (however three will be reserved for use by the adjoining dentist's office). There aze no specific parking requirements in City Code for daycare centers, but there appears to be ample pazking for. this use.