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Planning commission recommends conditional use for daycare on Flowing Wells Road despite resident traffic concerns
Summary
The commission recommended approval of a conditional use that would allow a 13,000-square-foot daycare at 450 Flowing Wells Road; residents flagged traffic and safety concerns and asked for further traffic planning at the engineering phase.
The Columbia County Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of a conditional use permit allowing a proposed daycare at 450 Flowing Wells Road. Staff presented a conceptual site plan showing a roughly 13,000-square-foot building, a fenced outdoor play area and an initial operating plan of about 40 children that could grow to around 200 at full build-out.
Why it matters: Daycare and school uses generate concentrated drop-off and pick-up traffic that can affect nearby residential streets. Planning staff and the applicant discussed traffic timing and circulation as key unresolved engineering details to be addressed in…
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