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PLANNING REPORT <br />DATE: <br />CASE NUMBER: <br />APPLICANT: <br />LOCATION: <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS: <br />6 June 1984 <br />1501-84 <br />New Horizon Child Care Centers <br />West of New Trunk Highway 8, South of County Road D <br />Amendment to Zoning Ordinance <br />1. The New Horizon Child Care Center Organization operates a number of <br />children's care centers in the Metropolitan Area. They propose to <br />purchase an existing single family home on an approximately 0.7 acre site <br />at the sc,•+-hwest corner of Trunk Highway 88 (formerly known as New Highway <br />8) and CoL.. y Road D. This site is zoned B-2 as is the property to the <br />west and the large tract of land running parallel to Trunk Highway 88 to <br />the southwest owned by George Riley. <br />2. The City of Roseville, like most communities in the Metropolitan Area, <br />allows child care centers as a special or conditional use in residential <br />zones, and is not listed as a permitted use in the business zones. In <br />Roseville a child care center is a special use in the R-1 (Single Family) <br />and other residence districts. This has been the practice in Roseville <br />and many communities for several reasons: <br />a. Frequently such child care centers in the past have been located in <br />churches which are uses permitted in residential zones. <br />b. Many child care centers are located in former public school structures <br />which are frequently in residential zones as well. <br />c. The typical environment in and around business districts frequently is <br />not compatible with what, some folks feel is the most appropriate <br />environmental for children. <br />d. All child care centers feature outdoor play space, which if possible, <br />should be located away from heavy traffic, dust, noise, sometimes <br />found in a business environment. <br />Inasmuch as residential values are frequently less than that of business <br />properties, it is usually more economically feasible to develop adequate <br />space for child care centers in a residential area rather than in a <br />business zone. It is also true that in many communities the amount of <br />land that can be appropriately zoned for business is restricted by <br />existing residential development. <br />3. Attached is a letter from Sue Dunkley, president of New Horizon Child Care <br />Centers explaining her proposal as well as copies of correspondence from <br />the City of Mound establishing in a previous case the validity of the <br />