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Board approves special-exception permit for home daycare at 721 Maple Row

6403159 · October 17, 2025
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The Elkhart Board of Zoning Appeals approved a two-year special-exception permit allowing Alyssa Garcia to operate a Class 1 home daycare at 721 Maple Row with conditions limiting enrollment, site use and review.

The Elkhart City Board of Zoning Appeals voted to approve a special-exception permit allowing a home daycare at 721 Maple Row.

The board approved petition 25XO7 on a roll-call vote after hearing a staff report and testimony from petitioner Alyssa Garcia. The permit authorizes a Class 1 home childcare under Section 5.3 (special exception uses) and limits enrollment to a maximum of 12 children; the approval is effective for two years and will be reviewed by staff by Sept. 7, 2027.

City planner Kyle Anthony Petter told the board the house at 721 Maple Row is about 904 square feet on a 0.15-acre lot and that the petitioner intends to apply for a Class 1 license with the…

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