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Planner says state bills will require broader childcare allowances; city to map implementation
Summary
City planner Hans Sheppard told the Lacey Planning Commission that recent state legislation would require child care centers to be permitted in most zoning districts and create new occupancy pathways for existing buildings; staff will return with proposed code language and implementation options.
Hans Sheppard, the City of Lacey’s senior community planner, told the Planning Commission on March 25 that two recently passed state bills will require the city to change how it treats child care centers.
Sheppard summarized the first bill (referred to in the briefing as Senate Bill 5509) as requiring child care centers to be permitted in most zoning districts, with two caveats for light industrial and open-space/institutional zones. He said the city already permits day care centers in many…
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