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Council hears zoning changes aimed at expanding childcare options and speeding approvals
Summary
Planning staff proposed code changes to ease reuse of buildings for childhood-care centers, increase certain occupancy limits, permit conditional approvals without public hearings when criteria are met, and clarify design standards; a childcare advocate urged the council to adopt the updates.
City planning staff proposed several changes on Jan. 5 designed to make it easier to open and operate early childhood care facilities in Lincoln.
David Carey, Planning & Development Services director, described a package that would allow greater flexibility for family-home providers, permit reuse of existing structures in residential neighborhoods, raise a center-size threshold…
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