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File #: 25-125    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 2/11/2025 In control: Board of County Commissioners Business Meeting
On agenda: 2/25/2025 Final action: 2/25/2025
Title: Little Sunshine's Playhouse and Preschool Use by Special Review (case no. USR23-002)
Attachments: 1. Board Summary Report, 2. Presentation, 3. Applicant Presentation, 4. Planning Staff Report, 5. Engineering Staff Report, 6. USR23-002 Plan Set, 7. Draft Motion, 8. Resolution
To: Board of County Commissioners

Through: Bryan Weimer, Director, Public Works and Development

Prepared By:
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Ernie Rose, Senior Planner, Public Works and Development
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presenter
Presenter: Ernie Rose, Senior Planner, Public Works and Development
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Subject:
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Little Sunshine's Playhouse and Preschool Use by Special Review (case no. USR23-002)
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Purpose and Request:
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Little Sunshine's Playhouse & Preschool, applicant, and Lennox at Copperleaf, property owner, propose a Use by Special Review (USR) for a proposed 10,967 square-foot childcare facility on a 2.03-acre parcel southwest of the corner of Quincy Avenue and Copperleaf Boulevard. The proposal includes constructing two play areas: a 3,910-square-foot playground and a 2,645-square-foot infant playground, along with associated parking, sidewalks, and landscaping. The Copperleaf Preliminary Development Plan (zoned MU-PDP) requires Use by Special Review (USR) for a daycare facility...end

Background and Discussion: The subject property is in Use Area Parcel M of the Copperleaf Preliminary Development Plan (Z13-003). This zone, known as a "Town Centre," requires a Use by Special Review (USR) for a daycare facility at this location. Furthermore, this property is governed by the Copperleaf Development Agreement, executed in 2005. Properties in Use Area M must have site plans reviewed by the Planning Commission through the Final Development Plan process, as stipulated in the Copperleaf Development Agreement. An associated Final Development Plan application is being reviewed concurrently with this application (Case No. FDP23-001).

The Planning Commission provides an overall recommendation on the Final Development Plan. The case is then forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners for approval of the Final Development Plan (FDP) (Land Development Code Section 13-101.03 (archived LDC, adopted January 31,2011 and revised January 2, 2017) and the daycare land...

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