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Planning commission reviews SUP for daycare at 3475 South Beltline Road
Summary
Balch Springs planning staff briefed commissioners on a specific use permit application from Divine Care LLC to convert a vacant 4,500 sq ft building at 3475 South Beltline Road into a daycare serving up to 20 children; staff outlined required site upgrades and standard SUP conditions.
Planning staff told the Balch Springs Planning and Zoning Commission on Feb. 6 that Divine Care LLC has applied for Specific Use Permit (SUP) 12025 to open a daycare at 3475 South Beltline Road in an existing, vacant 4,500-square-foot building.
The application seeks permission to use the site, formerly the Dallas County Veterinary Clinic, as a childcare facility serving up to 20 children aged 0–12 with typical hours “ranging from 6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.,” offering infant care, after-school care and services for special needs children. Planning staff said the center would employ “typically around 12 to 14” staff members depending on the mix of infants and toddlers and would provide a covered pick-up/drop-off lane, a rear playground and 14 parking spaces.
The planning presentation noted the building is vacant and will require a “total remodel” and exterior improvements including landscaping, restriping and repaving of the parking lot. Planning staff said the rear play area will be fenced. The application packet outlines standard SUP conditions such as maintenance of landscaping and lighting, adherence to the submitted elevation renderings and procedures for permit revocation after complaint or noncompliance.
Commissioner Borg asked specifically whether the playground would be fenced; planning staff replied, “It will all be fenced in in the back. Yes. Yes.” Commissioner Adams and Commissioner Gardner had no substantive questions during the briefing.
Under city zoning, daycare operations require an SUP in the property’s commercial zoning district; planning staff noted that the city’s future land use map shows low-density residential near the site but that an SUP—not a rezoning—would allow the childcare use if the commission and later city council approve it.
Next steps: planning staff said they will return the application to the commission with a recommendation and that any approval would later require city council action. No formal action was taken at the Feb. 6 briefing.
Ending: If the commission forwards a positive recommendation, the SUP will be scheduled for a public hearing before the commission and then city council.
