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Meeting Date 7/46/85
ITEM TITLE: Public 8. 147D Hearing:of the Municipal Code regarding amendment
regarding sepa ati on between
large family day care homes
a. Ordinance /,, Amending Section 19.58.147D. of the
Municipal Code to require a 1 ,200 ft. separation between large
family day care homes on the SECOND BREADING AND ADOPTION
SUBMITTED BY: Planning Director (0AL (4/5ths Vote: Yes No X )
REVIEWED BY: City Manager
On May 14, 1985, the City Council adopted an ordinance establishing standards
for large family day care homes in single family zones and directed that the
standard regarding separation between such facilities be brought back for
further consideration.
RECOMMENDATION: That Council enact an ordinance amending Section
19.58.147D. of the Municipal Code to read as follows:
"D. A large family day care home shall not locate within WV/f00%
same street d as measured f feet rom of
the another c
same exterior boundaries of the
property."
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS vote IN March 2 Council 935 Planning
adopt the a 500 f t
Commission, by
separation standard.
DISCUSSION:
The standards for large family day care homes (those serving from 7 to 12
children) were adopted in response to State legislation which hich now plows bits
the exclusion of these homes from single family zones,
application of certain "reasonable" local standards concerning spacing and
concentration, traffic control , parking and noise control .
One of the standards recommended by staff and adopted by Council was the
requirement that large family day care homes be located no closer than 500 ft.
from one another. In the staff report it was stated that any figure may
appear arbitrary, but that a 500 ft. separation standard would not be
and
unreasonable in terms of occur addressing here two or more large family traffic,
dayp care homes
noise impacts which could
are located in close proximity to one another.
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Of the three other jurisdictions within the region which have adopted local
standards for large family day care homes, the County requires no separation,
National City requires a 330 ft. separation, and Carlsbad requires a 1 ,200 ft.
separation on the same street. National City' s standard is purportedly based
on the length of their average city block. In Chula Vista, 1 ,200 would
represent the approximate distance between major lettered or numbered streets
such as the distance from "E" Street to "F" Street or Fourth and Third Avenues.
At the May 14 meeting, Council expressed some interest in adopting a
separation requirement similar to that applied in Carlsbad. Limiting large
family day care homes to no more than one every 1 ,200 ft. on the same street
would certainly provide neighborhoods with an added degree of protection from
the potential for adverse traffic and parking impacts.
FISCAL IMPACT:
WPC 1996P
by the City Council of
Chula Vista, California
Dated
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