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PlanningBoard | 2005-03-28 | 2 | PRELIMINARY DRAFT Subject to modification prior to approval by Planning Board 7. CONSENT CALENDAR: None. 7-A. Use Permit UP05-0003 1510 Encinal Avenue Applicant: Tali Risse/ Fuzzy Caterpillar Preschool (AT). The applicants request Use Permit approval to operate a daycare center with capacity for forty-five students and eight employees with hours of operation between 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The site was previously occupied by the Peter Pan Preschool between 1974- 2002 and is located at 1510 Encinal Avenue, within an R-4, Neighborhood Residential District. M/S Piziali/Cook and unanimous to remove Item 7-a from the Consent Calendar and place it on the Regular Agenda. AYES - 4 (Lynch, Kohlstrand, McNamara absent); NOES - 0; ABSTAIN - 0 Mr. Tai presented the staff report. In order to reduce congestion related to pickup and dropoff, staff recommended a condition of approval which would required the applicants to coordinate with the Public Works Department to devise a schedule for dropoff and pickup. There would be a six-month monitoring period by staff. The public hearing was opened. Mr. John Faris, 1417 San Antonio Avenue, noted that he had been a neighbor of the subject site for nine years, and expressed concern about the larger scale of the proposed project and its effect on parking in the neighborhood. Ms. Sharon Barnhart, 1413 San Antonio, noted that she lived directly behind the school and wished to ensure there would be no construction changes in the area. She requested that the same summertime hours were kept, as well as a two-hour quiet time as was practiced by the Peter Pan Day Care. She noted that the caregivers were the noisiest element of the Peter Pan use. Mr. Arie Cohen, applicant, introduced Ms. Tali Cohen and Ms. Julie Cohen, the directors of the school. He noted that Code allowed a maximum of 45 children, but they did not expect to have more than 40 children on-site; they intended to keep a smaller child-to-teacher ratio than required. They planned to implement a two-hour quiet time, and keep the operational hours at 7 a.m.-6 p.m. In response to Mr. Piziali's question, he assured the Board that the teachers would not yell at the children. He emphasized that they wished to be good neighbors, and in response to Vice President Cook's question, would be willing to restrict the number of children to 40; they would not suffer any economic impact from that restriction. Planning Board Minutes Page 2 March 28, 2005 | PlanningBoard/2005-03-28.pdf |