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Child-care operator urges council to align with state law as Salsbury debates large family child-care rules

Salsbury City Council · April 27, 2026
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Summary

Councilors discussed revisions to local zoning to allow large family child care (up to 12 children) and signaled consensus to remove a proposed special-exception requirement and align local definitions with state law; a provider said pending state action and recent court rulings make special exceptions unlawful by June 1.

Salsbury planning staff and councilors on April 27 discussed changes to zoning rules to accommodate state law that expands family child care from eight to twelve children.

City planner Betsy Jackson and Department of Infrastructure staff explained a draft that initially required a special-exception review so planning bodies could assess parking, traffic and neighborhood impacts. Several councilors…

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