2019-105 Ordinance Granting a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to Allow for a Day Care Home, Large In an Existing Residence, Proposed to be Consolidated with Another Single-Family Residence Zoned R-3 Single-Family Residence District 642 South Oakland Avenue a

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STAFF REPORT Decatur City Plan Commission Hearing Date July 11, 2019 Case No. 19-27 Property Location 642 South Oakland Avenue and 1090 West Tuttle Street Request Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to allow for a Day Care Home, Large in an existing residence, proposed to be consolidated with another single-family residence zoned R-3 Single-Family Residence District. Petitioner Fannie Cole Representative Darrell Reynolds,New Beginnings Contractors Inc. BACKGROUND The subject site consists of two parcels, 0.28 acres and 0.068 acres in size respectively. Both parcels are owned by the petitioner and each is occupied by a residential dwelling,one much larger than the other. The larger single-family residence at 642 South Oakland Avenue under a State of Illinois license but without a city permit. A"Large Day Care Home"can be defined in the Zoning Ordinance as"A business licensed by the State of Illinois conducted wholly within a private residence,wherein the owners residing thereon, along with any additional caregivers allowed by the State license,provide care for minor children for less than 24 hours per day, and where the number of children cared for exceeds the maximums for Day Care Home, Small. The maximum number of children cared for shall not exceed the maximum allowed by the State of Illinois." A "Small Day Care Home" is defined in the Zoning Ordinance as "a private residence wherein the owners residing thereon provide care for less than 24 hours per day for no more than three additional minor children other than the owner's dependent children." The petitioner intends to construct a garage and connect the larger single-family residence with two breeze-ways to the existing smaller single-family residence at 1090 West Tuttle Street to make one building. The smaller single-family residence building will become an accessory building for the daycare home operation. The petitioner has been operating a small and large daycare out her home for almost 25 years. In 2010,the State of Illinois issued a license to the petitioner to operate a large daycare within her home,which the maximum number of children allowed are sixteen(16). The petitioner currently has a total of sixteen (16) minor children ranging from 16 weeks to 12 years old all of which, stay less than 24 hours at the residence. Currently, there is a six (6) feet in height privacy fence present in the rear yard at 642 Oakland Avenue residence for outdoor activities.