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STAFF REPORTS
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10/4/2005
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15 Y
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SR 05:220
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<br />During the neighborhood facilitation meetings, traffic was the issue identified and discussed. <br />This includes traffic volumes, speed, method of drop-off and pick-up, parking, and overall <br />parking safety. Neighborhood representatives felt that increasing the size of the daycare would <br />increase the amount of traffic and, therefore, exacerbate the issue. The applicants demonstrated <br />their efforts to address traffic safety through flyers they have distributed to and had signed by <br />their customers acknowledging their need to drive slowly, drop-off children safely, and be <br />respectful of the neighborhood in driving to and from the daycare. There was also discussion of <br />ways to improve traffic safety for the neighborhood in general, such as with trimming hedges <br />and adding speed bumps. Staff indicated that this matter could be referred to the City's Traffic <br />Committee. <br />Staff believes the Planning Commission addressed potential traffic impacts of an expanded <br />home daycare in the adopted conditions of approval. In consideration of the traffic concerns <br />expressed by the surrounding neighbors, the project is conditioned to require that the applicant <br />prepare flyers, mentioned above, specifically stating that clients not park in the wrong direction, <br />speed, park in neighboring driveways, keep their engines running, or use their car horns during <br />pick-up and drop-off periods. The applicant will have each client sign a flyer and keep copies on <br />file at the daycare facility. The applicant is also required to distribute her phone number to the <br />neighbors and to encourage them to call the Suttons in the event of a problem. <br />Facilitv Size <br />State law and City Code define large family daycare as accommodating between seven and <br />fourteen children. One of the goals of the neighborhood facilitation process was to reach an <br />agreement between the Suttons and the neighbors for fewer than the maximum number of <br />children. In this way, the Suttons would be able to expand their daycare but the number of <br />children, and thus the amount of vehicular traffic, would be less than if the maximum of <br />fourteen children were allowed. It was also understood that some of the children are and would <br />likely continue to be siblings, thus reducing the amount of cars making trips to the daycare. A <br />compromise of a maximum of twelve children and ten vehicles was proposed and tentatively <br />agreed to by the neighbors in attendance, recognizing that they did not necessarily speak for the <br />entire neighborhood. However, the Suttons did not agree to fewer than fourteen children. One <br />of the key issues with the Sutton's desire for fourteen children is one of economics; since they <br />are required to hire an additional employee when more than eight children are present, they feel <br />that they need the potential for up to fourteen children in order to absorb the cost ofthis <br />employee. <br />Conditions of Approval <br />The Planning Commission's approval of the use permit application included several operational <br />conditions which require the Suttons to prepare flyers, signed by each daycare patron, advising <br />them of neighborhood traffic, parking, and safety requirements, as described above. Conditions <br />such as these are routinely used with large family daycares and seem to be effective in that few <br />SR:05:220 Page 6 <br />
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