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Commission approves special permit for 12-child day care at 131 Providence Street with van-transport condition
Summary
The Commission on the City Plan on May 20 approved a special permit to convert an existing office at 131 Providence Street into a child care center for up to 12 children, conditioning the permit on a required van transportation program and other operational limits.
The Commission on the City Plan on May 20 approved a special permit allowing an existing office at 131 Providence Street to be used as a child care center, subject to conditions that make the operator’s dedicated transportation service essential to the operation.
The applicant, Wilmer Castillo, told commissioners the proposal seeks to use the existing First-Floor office for a small child care operation. “This application is requesting to use the existing office space as a child care center,” Castillo said during the public hearing. The application requested capacity for 12 children with two full‑time employees and described a 15‑passenger van that the operator will use to transport children for pickup and drop‑off rather than encouraging parent parking in the rear right‑of‑way.
Why it matters: the property sits in a neighborhood commercial zone adjacent to Magnet Elementary School and the Taffyville Volunteer Fire Department. The commission conditioned approval on the van-based…
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