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Council advances childcare amendments to 2040 plan to open more land for day care facilities
Summary
Council voted 7-0 on first reading to amend the 2040 Comprehensive Plan to allow childcare as a support commercial use in specified employment land-use categories and to increase ground-floor allowances, a step staff says could add up to about 7% of city land area where childcare might be sited.
The Westminster City Council on Oct. 13 approved on first reading text amendments to the 2040 Comprehensive Plan that would allow private childcare businesses as "support commercial" uses within several employment land-use categories and adjust size limits for such uses.
John McConnell, planning manager, told the council the changes would allow childcare within neighborhood office, employment flex and employment office/institutional campus land uses as optional complementary uses that support employment uses. Staff also proposed increasing the allowed…
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