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Trustees raise safety, egress and drop-off concerns as Ashford Academy proposes 146-child daycare at 565 Lakeview Parkway
Summary
Ashford Academy presented a concept for a 146-child licensed childcare center in a multi-tenant office building; trustees and tenants raised concerns about playground placement, emergency egress, parking and safe drop-off/pick-up circulation and asked the applicants to pursue technical review before formal zoning actions.
Applicants Amandeep Singh and Manjot Gera presented a concept for Ashford Academy, a DCFS-licensed childcare operator proposing a 146-child facility at 565 Lakeview Parkway. The applicants described a plan combining two suites into roughly 12,000 square feet, proposed hours of 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., and an outdoor play area of about 2,700 square feet adjacent to the building.
Staff cautioned that daycares in multi-tenant office buildings often present design challenges—particularly meeting plumbing-fixture requirements, keeping secure internal circulation,…
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