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Commission recommends allowing accessory child care in non-residential zones, requires conditional use review
Summary
The commission voted to recommend a zoning text amendment that would allow child care facilities as accessory uses to non-residential principal uses—subject to conditional use permitting—after SEMAC described plans to consolidate Head Start, a food shelf and senior dining into the former Opportunity Services building.
The commission voted to recommend that the Kasson City Council adopt a zoning text amendment to allow child care facilities as accessory uses in non-residential zoning districts, with each proposal subject to a conditional use permit review.
At a public hearing, SEMAC executive director Jennifer Hangel described the nonprofit's plan to consolidate an outreach center, food shelf, senior dining program and Head Start classroom into the former Opportunity Services building at 2025th Street Southeast. Hangel said Head Start must meet federal and state licensing standards, including roughly "35 ft of indoor space per child" and "75 square ft of outdoor space per child," and said the program typically enrolls about 15 children in a room licensed for up to 18.
The amendment responds to staff analysis that Head Start does not clearly fit the city's existing…
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