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Yorktown board grants Yorktown Community Nursery School expanded hours, limits enrollment
Summary
The Yorktown Zoning Board of Appeals granted a three‑year special permit to Yorktown Community Nursery School on May 28, allowing hours of 8 a.m.–2 p.m. and capping daily enrollment at 32, and referred parking and crosswalk issues to the highway and planning departments.
The Yorktown Zoning Board of Appeals voted May 28 to grant a three‑year special permit to Yorktown Community Nursery School, approving expanded operating hours and requiring conditions on parking and enrollment. Chair John Meister moved the approval after hearing from the school's director, Mary Beth Fay.
The decision permits hours from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and limits enrollment to a maximum of 32 students per day, despite the school's total roster of 44. The board recorded the approval and attached conditions that staff obtain a building permit and certificate of occupancy where required and that the school coordinate signage and crosswalk work with the highway department.
Fay, who identified herself as the director of the Yorktown Community Nursery School, told the board the program has a roster of 44 children but “never more than 32 in one day,” explaining different classroom schedules spread enrollment across the week. She said the school has installed signs reading “YCNS patrons parking only between 8 and 2 p.m.” to reduce curbside conflict.
Members of the board and planning staff discussed parking challenges around the site, noting there is little on‑site parking and the planning board had recommended repainting crosswalks and updating worn signage to reinforce the school zone speed reduction. Chair Meister said those recommendations were being factored into the permit conditions and encouraged the applicant to coordinate with the town supervisor’s office on signage and crosswalk work.
The board recorded a motion to grant the permit for three years with the stated hours and enrollment cap; the motion was seconded and carried. The decision requires that the school obtain any necessary building‑department approvals and comply with the conditions tied to the permit.
The permit is effective immediately under the terms the board recorded; the board did not schedule a revisit but noted it will monitor any code or traffic concerns that arise during the permit period.
