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Lakewood Planning Commission approves zoning changes to implement state child-care law
Summary
The Planning Commission approved Resolution 2025-04 to align Lakewood zoning with Senate Bill 5509, allowing commercial child-care centers in most zones and requiring conditional-use review for certain industrial sites; the item moves to city council for further hearings.
The City of Lakewood Planning Commission on a unanimous voice vote approved Resolution 2025-04 on local zoning changes intended to implement Senate Bill 5509, which requires expanding where commercial child-care centers may operate.
Staff said the state bill will not require local compliance until June 2027, but recommended completing local code changes now to close policy gaps. "This is brand new in state law. It's a couple months old," a planning staff member said while presenting the proposed amendments.
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