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Planning commission votes to allow conditional commercial day-care centers in residential districts

Chesapeake Beach Planning & Zoning Commission · November 6, 2025
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The Chesapeake Beach Planning & Zoning Commission voted Nov. 5 to allow commercial day-care centers as conditional uses across residential districts, while keeping home day-care operations permitted where homes are allowed.

The Chesapeake Beach Planning & Zoning Commission voted on Nov. 5 to allow commercial day-care centers as conditional uses in residential districts, while retaining the existing requirements designed to limit noise, traffic and neighborhood impacts.

Planning Director Sarah Franklin reviewed the ordinance language that distinguishes "home day care" from a larger "day care center." A day care center, she said, carries specific dimensional and operational requirements: a minimum lot…

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