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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday March 13,2017 7:00 o'clock p.m. PLANNING DEPARTMENT REPORT — Planning Commission Representative Jon Schwingler 7 & 8. #17-3898 DALE RICHARDSON/CBS-MN PROPERTIES, 2060 WAYZATA BLVD. WEST, AMEND PUD NO. 2C, AGREEMENT TO ALLOW DAYCARE USE and #17-3899, JAMES SMALE REPRESENTING LITTLE ACORNS CHILD CARE, INC., 2060 WAYZATA BOULEVARD WEST, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR DAYCARE USE Gaffron stated the applicant is requesting the City amend the zoning provisions for the subject property to allow 'daycare' as an allowed use for the property. In a separate application that will be reviewed this evening, Little Acorns Childcare has requested a conditional use permit to operate a daycare in the existing building on the property. This property is located just west of the Orono senior housing project. The impetus for this request is the companion application by Little Acorns, which currently operates in Long Lake. The owners of that business are looking to relocate to this property and operate out of the existing building on the site. The property is currently zoned B-6 PUD and is governed by the PUD No. 2C Development Contract as well as Resolution 5613 that were granted in 2007. The only approved use for the site is a small office condo complex, which consists of five buildings. To date only one building has been constructed, with the foundation for the second building being in place. The property remains in a partially developed state and contains the initial building with three vacant lots. The site grading, parking lot and utilities were substantially completed by the original developer in 2007-2008. No additional activity has occurred on the property since approximately 2009. The Orono Planning Commission at its February meeting voted 6-0 to recommend approval of the proposed amendment of the PUD No. 2C Agreement to allow 'Daycare Use' as a conditional use for the property, subject to the following additional recommendations: The amendment is for this property only. 2. Daycare should not be added as an allowed use in the B-6 District at this time. The standard 50 square feet of outside play area per pupil that appears in Orono's 13- 1 and B-3 conditional use requirements for daycare should not be included in the amendment text since this standard conflicts with state licensing standards. The applicants should merely be subject to State licensing standards. It was the recommendation that the provision for 50 square feet of outside play area appearing in the City's 13- 1 and B-3 District daycare standards should be eliminated. Gaffron stated the applicant is actually proposing roughly 1,500 square feet in one area and another outdoor play area to the northeast. Page 6 of 32