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Ann Arbor board grants partial restroom variances for Gretchen’s House daycare at 2015 Manchester Road
Summary
The Ann Arbor Building Board of Appeals on March 20 granted partial variances to a daycare renovating 2015 Manchester Road, allowing 48-inch partition walls and other modifications while requiring grab bars and sinks inside child toilet rooms.
The Ann Arbor Building Board of Appeals on March 20 granted partial variances to Gretchen Preston, owner and operator of Gretchen’s House childcare centers, allowing reduced-height toilet partitions and other accommodations in toilet rooms that serve children younger than 4 at 2015 Manchester Road while retaining required grab bars and interior sinks.
Staff had recommended denial. Building department staff told the board the 2021 Michigan Plumbing Code requires full water‑closet compartments in most public and employee toilet rooms and that the petition did not meet the standards for relief. “Staff recommends that this application be denied, as it doesn't meet the standards for approval. The code has not been misinterpreted,” the staff member said during the staff report.
Preston, the applicant, told the board she operates Gretchen’s House centers in Ann Arbor and has worked in…
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