City of Gainesville - File #: 160220.

• File #: 160220.
• Version: 2
• Type: Petition
• Status: To Be Introduced
• File created: 7/20/2016
• In control: City Plan Board
• On agenda: 8/25/2016
• Title: Change an existing Special Use Permit that Includes a K - 12th Grade Private School, Daycare, and After School Care (B) Petition PB-16-71 SUP. Newberry Christian Community School. Change an existing Special Use Permit that includes a K - 12th grade private school, daycare, and after school care by increasing the maximum number of daycare children and of afterschool care students, revising the hours of operation for daycare and afterschool care, and adding summer education camps, church camps and similar uses during summer and establishing their hours of operation. Zoned: RSF-1: 3.5 units/acre single-family residential district. Located at 3536 NW 8th Avenue.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/25/2016	2	City Plan Board
7/28/2016	1	City Plan Board

Title

Change an existing Special Use Permit that Includes a K - 12th Grade Private School, Daycare, and After School Care (B) 

Petition PB-16-71 SUP.      Newberry Christian Community School.  Change an existing Special Use Permit that includes a K - 12th grade private school, daycare, and after school care by increasing the maximum number of daycare children and of afterschool care students, revising the hours of operation for daycare and afterschool care, and adding summer education camps, church camps and similar uses during summer and establishing their hours of operation.   Zoned: RSF-1: 3.5 units/acre single-family residential district.  Located at 3536 NW 8^th Avenue.

Explanation

This is a request to amend an existing special use permit (SUP) includes a K - 12th grade private school, daycare, and after school care.  The existing SUP (Petition PB-15-157 SUP) was approved by the City Plan Board on January 28, 2016 for a maximum of 375 students (including 27 daycare children and a 40-student afterschool program) on a developed, 4.6-acre property owned by the Newberry Christian Community School.  No new development is proposed for this property that was developed in the 1980s.  The applicant is requesting amendment of the existing Special Use Permit because of a misunderstanding with current tenants regarding student number counts and hours of operations. 

The property is currently used for: a place of religious assembly by several denominations; a 30-child daycare center (A Child’s Garden Daycare); a 65-student afterschool program (Gainesville’s After School Program (GASP)); and a maximum 280-student, pre-K through 12^th grade private school (Newberry Christian Community School (NCCS)) that opened on January 4, 2016.  The property is also used for summer education camps (Master Builders, maximum of 60 students; Gainesville After School Program (GASP), maximum of 65 students; and Education First, a program for exchange students, 70 students).  The requested changes to the SUP are to increase the maximum number of daycare children (to 65) and of afterschool care students (to 30), revise the hours of operation for daycare and afterschool care, add summer education camps, church camps and similar uses during summer and establish their hours of operation.  No increase in the current maximum number of students is proposed.

The property is in the RSF-1: 3.5 units per acre single-family residential district, which allows private schools and daycare centers by special use permit.  This property abuts developed, single-family residential properties with RSF-1 zoning to the north and west.  Adjacent to the east is Littlewood Elementary School with Educational services district (ED) zoning.  To the south is NW 8^th Avenue, a 4-lane City of Gainesville roadway beyond which are developed, single-family residential properties with RSF-1 zoning. 

Fiscal Note

None.

Recommendation

Staff to City Plan Board - Staff recommends approval of Petition PB-16-71 SUP with the Special Use Permit Conditions stated in the staff report.