Public Hearing: YES ? NO ? Department: Planning & Sustainability
SUBJECT:
Title
COMMISSION DISTRICT(S): 3 & 6 D2. BOC Bouldercrest-Cedar Grove-Moreland Overlay TA-18-22052
Body
PETITION NO: TA-18-22052
PROPOSED USE: Amend Tier 5 of the Bouldercrest-Cedar Grove-Moreland Overlay District to Allow Day Care Facilities as a SLUP.
LOCATION: All properties in Tier 5
PARCEL NO.: Various.
INFORMATION CONTACT: Marian Eisenberg
PHONE NUMBER: 404-371-4922
PURPOSE:
Application of DeKalb County Board of Commissioners for a text amendment to the Bouldercrest-Cedar Grove-Moreland Overlay District to amend the Table of Uses to allow child day care facility with a Special Land Use Permit (SLUP) in Tier 5, and for other purposes.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Recommended Action
COMMUNITY COUNCIL: (4-12-18) APPROVAL. (2-15-18) NO VOTE.
PLANNING COMMISSION: (5-1-18) APPROVAL. (3-6-18) FULL CYCLE DEFERRAL.
PLANNING STAFF: APPROVAL.
PLANNING STAFF ANALYSIS: Child day care facilities are consistent with the description of uses that require a Special Land Use Permit contained in Section 27-7.4.1(A), as follows: "Special Land Use Permits are granted to uses that might be compatible with the uses and structures authorized as a matter of right within a particular zoning district, but which have operational characteristics and/or impacts that are significantly different from the zoning district's principal authorized uses and therefore require individual review pursuant to the standards and criteria for Special Land Use Permits as outlined in Section 7.4.6." In addition, child day care facilities are generally similar (in terms of impact on surrounding land uses) to home occupations with customer contact, and to bed and breakfast inns, which are allowed with Special Land Use Permits in Tier 5. Moreover, the neighborhoods in Tier 5, which constitutes the areas in the Overlay District that are developed with sin...
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