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Council approves use variance for large child-care program at former Garden Ranch YMCA
Summary
On June 10, 2025, the Colorado Springs City Council approved a use variance allowing Revolution Church to run a large child-daycare/after-school program for up to 150 elementary-age children at the former Garden Ranch YMCA at 2380 Montebello Drive West; the vote was 8-0.
Colorado Springs City Council voted 8-0 on June 10 to approve a use variance allowing a large child-daycare center to operate at 2380 Montebello Drive West, the former Garden Ranch YMCA now owned by Revolution Church.
City planning staff described the site as a 4.83-acre property in a single-family estate (RE) zone where a conditional child-care use had existed when the YMCA operated on the site but expired after the use discontinued. Molly O’Brien, planner II with the City Planning Department, told council the applicant sought a use variance to resume a child-care center large use co-located within the existing religious institution and that the planning commission recommended approval 7-0 following public notice. O’Brien said staff received one comment in support and two in opposition…
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