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Cily Council Discussion: During the Public Comments section of the July 22,2002 City Council meeting, Mr. Kuruvilla of Orono Montessori School came before the City Council in order to discuss relocating the school to 3800 Wayzata Boulevard. After St. Edward’s Church burned the school moved temporarily until July 31, 2002 to Wayzata Community Church. The property at 3800 Wayzata Boulevard is available, has been used as a child care facility in the past, and Orono Montessori would like to move in. However, since more than 6 months had passed since Little Acorns preschool occupied the building, a new conditional use permit is required. Mr. Kuruvilla asked that the City Council waive the lengthy pai^rwork in order for them to move in on August 1,2002. The City Council did not waive the application process, but did grant a temporary conditional use permit for the purpose of opening the Orono Montessori School pending approval of the formal process, with the imderstanding that if the City Council determines not to grant the permit the temporary' use may be revoked. ^ Analysis: Day care facilities are allowed in rural residential districts as a conditional use. Day care facilities are licensed by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS). The zoning application addresses how the facility will operate as a land use and DHS licensing addresses the stafTme levels and care of the children in the facility. The issues to ^ addressed in the conditional use permit application are access, parking, landscaping, signage, and hours of operation. The conditional use permit may also limit the num^r of persons using the facility to correlate with the size of the septic system and control the off-site impact on adjacent residential properties and traffic. It is anticipated that this building will be removed \^en construction begins on Hwy. 12. Access The subject property has a driveway and curb cut on Hwy. 6. No access is available from Hwy. 12. Parking The site plan indicates that there are 18 parking spaces with 1 designated as a handicapped accessible space. There are also 2 parking spaces available in the garage. The Zoning code requires that 4 parking spaces be provided for each 500 square feet in excess of 1,000 square foot of fttwr space in the principal structure. The structure measures 50 ’ x 63’ (3,150 s.f.) according to buildmg plans on file. The parking requirement for the size of the facility is 17.2 spaces- where 21 spaces are provided. The site plan meets the required parking requirement Orono Montessori 3800 IVqysata Bhd PC 8/19/02 Page 2 qf 3 i diiaMBMiitiaiaitt