Applicant withdraws request to open personal care home at 5284 Salem Springs Place after opposition and safety concerns

Lydia Nichols told the Stonecrest Planning Commission on July 1 that she was withdrawing her application to operate a Type II personal care home at 5284 Salem Springs Place, citing safety concerns after what she described as hostile reactions during neighborhood outreach.

Planning staff had recommended denial of the special land use permit (SLUP25-002). Staff noted the house was described in the application as a five-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath residence built in 1999 and that the majority of sleeping rooms are on the second floor. The applicant’s form requested a capacity of six residents. Staff told commissioners that, depending on how rooms are counted and including the proprietor/caregiver, the structure could potentially house up to nine or ten people, a figure staff said…