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Council approves special permit for childcare at 500 N. Coit Road after neighbors raise traffic concerns
Summary
Council unanimously approved Zoning File 25-20 to permit Willowbrae Child Care Academy at 500 N. Coit Road with staff-recommended conditions including a 220-student cap and traffic mitigation; neighbors warned cones and signage may not prevent neighborhood traffic impacts.
The Richardson City Council voted unanimously to approve Zoning File 25-20, granting a special permit for a 220-student childcare center at 500 North Coit Road, after hearing staff presentation, developer remarks and neighborhood concerns about parking and traffic.
Derica Peters, senior planner, told the council the site is a 1-acre property within a shopping center and that the proposed Willowbrae Child Care Academy would occupy a roughly 12,400-square-foot building with a 7,700-square-foot outdoor play area, a 6-foot wrought-iron fence and 46 on-site parking spaces (the code-required minimum is 42). Peters said staff received one written opposition in the packet and that the…
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