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COMPOSITE REPORT Page 2 Application CUP 1355 DANE COUNTY PLANNING DIVISION STAFF COMMENTS I.BACKGROUND A. The applicant is requesting a Conditional Use Permit for a Day Care Center. This would be located in an existing single family home fronting on Williams Drive. The area is in a single family subdivision with single family homes on both sides and to the rear. The area across the road is largely vacant with one farmstead just north of the proposed site. B. The property is a larger single family house with no sewer service. The applicant has previously operated a Day Care operation for less that 8 children for 6 years at this location. The applicant now wishes to obtain a state license for more children that also puts the operation into a Conditional Use category. The application is for 16 children that corresponds to the State license that the applicant must have to move past the present category of operation. Applicant indicates that the need is more technical since they desire to operate at nearly the same level most of the time.On occasion,when school is in session,the siblings of 2 of the regular attendees need someplace to spend the day as well. This situation would happen about 25 days during the year. One additional employee will be needed for these days when the total number of children could reach 10 for a full day. Also there has been a need to keep 4 other siblings for up to an hour after school. This has been going on in the past but in order to clear this status with the State this should be included into the consideration. II.ANALYSIS A. One particular problem that is sometimes involved in Day Care is the ability of the sewage system to operate properly with numerous children. Dane County Environmental Health comments suggest that they would need to review the system for this facility. The applicant was contacted on this point and advised to contact Environmental Heath. Environmental Health has submitted a letter indicating that at the current level of operation the facility should be sufficient but that they would be concerned about an expansion. The proposed operation would not be considered an expansion for the purpose of Environmental Health. B. Staff would be concerned about a substantial Day Care operation on a road with a much traffic as William's Drive and 16 children in a regular operation. It appears that the children who stay for an hour are siblings of the regular attendee and really do not constitute additional traffic. The 2 additional children for 25 days a year are also siblings of regular attendees. As long as the project is really intended to operate at 8 or fewer children most of the time as it has in the past and only have additional siblings for a few days per year this concern should be alleviated. An approval by the ZNR should be able to limit the operation to 8 full time children year round,2 additional for up to 30 days per year and up to 4 additional for not more than 1 hour per day. C. Frequently neighbors would be very concerned about new Day Care facilities. The turn out at the town level only contained neighbors who were in support of the project. D. Applicants have asked that this item be considered for action at the Public Hearing meeting. Action for these items was taken up by the Town Planning Commission and obtained a preliminary approval. The Town will not take up this item for final approval until meetings in September so action by the ZNR Committee will not be possible. E. The fundamental concern for a variety of reasons is that the conditions of the CUP limit the operation to the general level the facility has operated at in the past. The granting of a license by the state for more children should not be considered an open approval to substantially expand the facility. This appears to be in keeping with the discussion that has taken place at the Town level to this point.