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Commission approves Heritage Lakes PUD modification allowing daycare/other uses after residents raise concerns
Summary
The commission approved a change to the Heritage Lakes PUD to permit day care, commercial schools and accessory playgrounds on a ~1‑acre parcel previously used for medical office. Nearby residents raised concerns about traffic, driveway maintenance and noise; commissioners added a landscaping condition for any outdoor play area.
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to modify the Heritage Lakes PUD to allow day care, commercial schools, studios and accessory playgrounds on a roughly 1‑acre subparcel that had been designated for medical office under an earlier PUD amendment.
Staff told commissioners the parcel sits at the end of a shared private access drive that currently serves adjacent condominiums and other uses. The modification adds permitted uses in the B‑3 Office‑Institutional district and includes a staff condition that any outdoor play area must be placed outside vehicle use areas; commissioners added a second condition requiring evergreen landscaping outside a fenced play area to help screen and buffer nearby residences.
Several condominium residents and longtime neighbors spoke in opposition. They told commissioners the shared drive is privately maintained by condominium owners, that the driveway received a recent pavement investment paid by residents and that a drop‑off/pick‑up pattern for a child care operation could create concentrated traffic and wear on the private drive. “My objection … is what traffic is going to be produced from this unit morning and night,” one resident said. Another resident said most neighbors are older or retired and that their expectation of a quiet, low‑traffic setting would be harmed.
Staff and the applicant said the proposed change does not itself authorize a day care operation; any specific tenant would need a zoning certificate and must meet site‑plan, parking and building code requirements. The commission approved the PUD text change with two conditions: require restriping and repair of the parking lot and trash enclosure as part of the occupancy process, and require evergreen landscaping outside any six‑foot privacy fence around a playground.
What happens next: If a day care operator or other permitted tenant seeks to occupy the site, the applicant will submit a zoning certificate and site details that staff will review for conformance with parking, circulation and safety standards.
