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Zoning board denies standalone daycare proposal at Baker Drive lot

5019930 · June 17, 2025
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Summary

The board denied a variance that would have allowed a standalone commercial daycare with deficient parking at 3960 Baker Drive, citing residential zoning, parking and traffic impacts near an elementary school.

The Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals, Division 3, denied a variance request to allow construction and operation of a standalone daycare center at 3960 Baker Drive in Lawrence Township (Council District 15).

Roger Upchurch, representing property owner Joanne Springer, described plans for a one-story, roughly 2,900-square-foot building to serve up to about 30 children and up to 10 employees. The petitioner said the site, adjacent to an elementary…

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