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Council signals support to pursue code change to raise in-home daycare cap to 16, asks staff to propose mitigations
Summary
City planning staff briefed the council on an applicant-requested text amendment to raise Murray's in-home day‑care limit from 12 to 16 children. Council members expressed mixed support but directed staff to draft ordinance language with mitigation measures including neighbor signatures, additional off-street parking and pickup protocols.
Planning staff on June 3 sought council direction on whether to pursue a code change that would allow in-home day-care operators to increase the permitted number of children from the current cap of 12 to as many as 16.
Zachary Smolin, a city planner, told the council the change would follow a permissive state posture: Utah allows cities to adjust home-day-care limits, and nearby jurisdictions vary widely. Smolin said state law governs…
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