The Planning & Zoning Board on Nov. 19 approved a conditional use permit for Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs, a K–5 private school and daycare at 2400 West 56th Street, but imposed a temporary enrollment limit while the school provides additional parking evidence.

Staff told the board the site has operated as a daycare since 1992 and expanded over time without the proper conditional use approvals. The property has a 19‑space lot and a circular driveway used for pick‑up and drop‑off. Because the combined school and daycare uses normally require 30 parking spaces under city code, staff recommended reducing the school’s maximum enrollment from 80 to 50 students and reducing staff to free up spaces for parents during operating hours.

Applicant representatives said the operation has run for decades and that reducing the cap to 50 would force the facility to close if made permanent. The applicant’s representative said the school will accept the board’s temporary cap for the moment and will perform a parking analysis prior to the City Council second reading “to show that there’s availability for the 80” currently served. “We will accept all of the conditions with the understanding that we’re going to do a parking analysis to ask the council to allow us to have the 80 students that we presently have,” counsel said.

The board approved the conditional use permit with the staff‑recommended conditions, including a requirement that the owner submit a one‑time landscape mitigation payment and complete a change of use and building permits within 12 months. The board also required that the school undertake a parking study and that staff reduce the cap to 50 students until the council considers the parking analysis.

What’s next: The school will submit the parking study and any additional documentation to staff and the City Council ahead of second reading. If the analysis demonstrates sufficient parking or successful mitigation, the applicant said it will ask the council to restore the prior 80‑student capacity.