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File #: CPC CU 21-00196    Version: Name: Little Monkey Tree House Childcare
Type: Planning Case Status: Passed
File created: 4/6/2022 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/24/2022 Final action: 5/24/2022
Title: An appeal of City Planning Commission's decision to approve a conditional use development plan for a licensed large daycare home with a maximum of twelve (12) children and infants at 8265 Clifton Drive. (Quasi-Judicial) Presenter: Tamara Baxter, Senior Planner, Planning & Community Development Department Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning and Community Development Department
Indexes: Daycare
Attachments: 1. Appellant Statement, 2. CC_Little Monkeys Treehouse Childcare, 3. CPC Staff Report_LIttle Monkey Treehouse, 4. Conditional Use Development Plan, 5. Project Statement, 6. PlanCOS_Vision Map, 7. Public Comment, 8. Public Comment_4.28.22, 9. Public Comment 5.13.22 Wren, 10. Public Comment Response, 11. LittleMonkeyTreeDaycare_AdditionalPublicComment, 12. Context Map, 13. CPC_Minutes_LittleMonkeyTreehouseDaycare_draft, 14. 7.5.704 Conditional Use Review, 15. 7.5.502.E Development Plan Review

Title
An appeal of City Planning Commission's decision to approve a conditional use development plan for a licensed large daycare home with a maximum of twelve (12) children and infants at 8265 Clifton Drive.

(Quasi-Judicial)

Presenter:
Tamara Baxter, Senior Planner, Planning & Community Development Department
Peter Wysocki, Director, Planning and Community Development Department

Body
Summary:
Owner: Jesus Perez and Anna Marie Johnson
Location: 8265 Clifton Drive

City Planning Commission approved a conditional use development plan on April 24, 2022, for the Little Monkeys Treehouse Childcare to allow the establishment of a large daycare home with a maximum of twelve (12) children in a R1-6/AO (Single-Family with Airport Overlay), on 0.18 acres. On April 29, 2022, the Appellant, Ms. Sandra Foss, who lives at 8275 Clifton Drive, filed an appeal of the City Planning Commission's decision to approve the above referenced project within the 10-day appeal window.

Background:
The Applicant's proposal was for a Conditional Use Development Plan to establish a large daycare home for a maximum of 12 children in accordance with City Code Section 7.3.105(B)(2) which requires a conditional use in most residential zone districts (see "Conditional Use Development Plan" attachment). A Home Day Care Permit was issued by the City of Colorado Springs on January 1, 2006 (Permit Number DCP-17539). A State of Colorado Child Care license was issued on July 13, 2013, for a home daycare (#1634384). The Applicant indicated that she did not operate a home day care between 2006 to 2013.

The site configuration for Little Monkey Treehouse Childcare consists of an 8,080 square foot lot, with pedestrian and vehicle access from Clifton Drive. The daycare will continue to operate Monday through Friday from 7:15 am to 4:00 pm, closed on weekends. The daycare will follow Academy School District 20 calendar. The daycare will be closed days that Academy School District 20...

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