Commission reviews 472-square-foot classroom addition for Fremont Street Nursery; staff seeks guardrail on future parking expansions

At its April 1, 2025 work session, the Winchester City Planning Commission reviewed CU25125, a conditional use permit application from Fremont Street Nursery to add a 472-square-foot classroom at 533 Fremont Street in the HR-1 (limited high-density residential) zone.

The nursery, which staff said opened in about 1943, is a longstanding use that predates citywide zoning. Because daycare uses are permitted in the HR-1 zone only with a conditional use permit, the facility must obtain a new CUP before expanding.…