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Council reviews conditional use to expand home daycare and first reading to rezone Trammell Chase property
Summary
The council received a first reading and planning staff briefings on a conditional use to change a daycare home to a group care home at Deerfield Drive and on a rezoning request at Trammell Chase; both items carried planning commission recommendations subject to conditions.
The Hoover City Council heard planning staff briefings on two land-use items: a conditional-use request to convert an existing day care home at 3559 Deerfield Drive to a group care home, and a rezoning ordinance for property at 2020 Trammell Chase.
Planning staff told the council the Planning Commission recommended approval of the conditional-use change at its Dec. 9 meeting contingent on completing all upgrades listed in the application and successful inspections by the fire marshal and building department before any increase in the number of children occupying the site. The commission also required that no pick-up or drop-off be allowed on Atkins Trim Boulevard. Staff said one neighbor had called to express concern but no one attended the public hearing.
City staff explained the difference between the two classifications: a day care home permits up to six children, while a group care home allows up to 12 children and requires an additional staff member on site during child-occupied hours. Council members asked whether anyone appeared at the Planning Commission hearing; staff said no one attended and no formal correspondence was provided to the commission.
On the rezoning, planning staff reported a positive recommendation from the Planning Commission by a 7-1 vote to rezone the property at 2020 Trammell Chase from E1 (Single-Family Estate) to R1 (Single-Family Residential). The rezoning recommendation included conditions that the property be entitled to only one dwelling unit and not be subdivided into additional lots and that the existing front setback on the property be maintained; staff said the rezoning request would bring existing improvements into conformity with R1 setback requirements. Council members asked clarifying questions about gated segments of Trammell Chase and staff clarified the subject parcel is not part of the gated segment or the Riverchase planned-unit development.
Both items remain in the council process: the conditional-use matter was listed as a first reading and the rezoning proceeded as an ordinance first reading with conditions; no final council votes or tallies are recorded in the provided transcript section.
