Commission recommends approval of conditional-use permit for adult day care at 2570 S. Brentwood Blvd.

The Brentwood Planning and Zoning Commission on Feb. 12 voted unanimously to recommend approval of a conditional-use permit for an adult day care center at 2570 South Brentwood Boulevard.

The applicant, Tamika Ward, described the proposed facility as a small adult day program where participants would gather for fellowship and activities; she told the commission she is licensed with the state of Missouri and accepts Medicare and Medicaid. "I've been licensed with the state of Missouri almost 13 years ... there is no adult day cares in Brentwood and Clayton," Ward said.

Planning staff reported the text amendment necessary to authorize adult day care as a conditional use has been recommended to the Board of Aldermen and that the CUP before the commission concerns use and parking onsite. City traffic consultant Lee Cannon provided a parking analysis noting the site has 62 marked stalls in the lot but the strict cumulative code requirement for all tenants would be 68 stalls. Cannon explained shared parking principles and said observed utilization suggested a practical parking demand of about 63 stalls; he told the commission the site "doesn't meet the strict interpretation of the code" but that in practice the parking utilization and an allowed council reduction could make the site workable. "The parking required, cumulative use if everybody's meeting their individual parking requirements all at the same time, is 68 stalls...we come up with a parking, demand of 63 stalls," Cannon said.

After discussion, Commissioner Fazza moved to recommend approval of the CUP; the motion was seconded and passed on a roll-call unanimous vote. Planning staff will forward the commission's recommendation to the Board of Aldermen, which will consider the CUP at its March 3 meeting.