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Planning commission approves Archgate Montessori request to raise on‑site student cap to 360
Summary
The Plano Planning & Zoning Commission voted 5–0 to amend two specific use permits to allow Archgate Montessori (Montessori New Beginnings) to increase combined daycare/private‑school capacity to 360 students, after staff and traffic reviewers said circulation measures and queuing capacity would mitigate most pickup/drop‑off impacts.
The Plano Planning & Zoning Commission on June 16 approved a request from Montessori New Beginnings (Archgate Montessori Academy) to amend two specific use permits and raise the combined on‑site limit for daycare and private‑school students to 360.
Staff planner John Kim told the commission the amendment would allow the existing programs to continue and gave staff’s recommendation of approval. Kim said the state license lists a facility capacity of 629 students but the applicant had requested to use up to 60% of that number and that combined daycare and private‑school enrollment would be capped at 360 under the amended stipulations.
“The applicants request would allow Archgate Monastery Academy to have any mix of daycare children and private school students up to that 360 amount,” John Kim said during his presentation.
The request prompted questions about traffic and the math used to estimate trips. Kim said traffic engineering…
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