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Planning & Zoning Commission
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
October.7, 1993
7:00 P .M..
:MEMBERS.PRESENT: CC?mmissioners Gribou,...Smitl1,..Hall.....and Lane.
:MEMBERS ABSENT:ChairmanHawthorneal1clCommissioners Herring and Mariott.
STAFF PRESENT: Assistant Director of.Economic. Development Services Callaway, City Planner
Kee,Assista'nt to the City Engineer Morgan and Planning Technician Thomas.
AGENDA ITEM NO. t: Approvalof IIlinUtes from the meeting of Septem.ber 16, 1993.
Commissioner . Lane moved to approyethe minutes from the meeting of September 16, 1993 as written.
Commissioner Smith seconded the motion which passed unopposed (4 ...0).
AGENDA lTEMNO.2: Publici hearing to consider a conditional use permit to allow an in home day
care center with a maximum .of tWelve. children at .1108 Hawk Tree. (93-714)
City Planner Kee presented the staff report and stated that the Zoning Ordinance allows up to six
children to be cared for ina residential zoning district without .a conditional use permit. Granting a
permitwould allow betweensevenand<twelvechildren per day in a home. Therefore; the applicant is
requesting permission to expand her existing in home child care business by up to six children.
Commissioner Hall.opened the ...public. hearing.
Applicant Joyce Thorn of 1108Hawk Treeinformed the Commission that the property is fenced and the
gates are padlocked. Currently there is only one other staff member; however, there are future plans to
hire additional staff as... needed. . .Ms. Thorn . stated that she keeps six children between the ages of three
and four years old. With.the..proposed expansion,. she plans to keep toddlers from two years old up to
five years of age. Ms. Thorn informed the Commission that she has been in business since June of 1993
and is registered by the state. The proposed hours of operation are 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday. Ms. Thorn concluded that she has received no disapproval from her neighbors in
expanding her existing business. The children arriveafld leave at different times during the day and there
are rarel)' more than two cars in the drivewa)' at one time.
Commissioner.. Hall closed .the.public hearing.
Commissioner Lane moved to approve a conditional use permit request by Ms. Joyce Thorn to operate an
in home day care center with a maximum of twelve children at 1108 Hawk Tree. Commissioner Gribou
seconded the motion which passed unopposed. (4 -0).
AGENDA ITEM NO. 3: . Consideration of the preliminary and final plats of the Foxcreek Estates
Subdivision. (93-227&308)
City PlannerKee presented the staff report and recommended approval with the Presubmission
Conference comments. The subject property is being platted to come into compliance with the City's
Subdivision Regulations as. the property.. was previo~sly subdivided. According to the impact studies
submitted addressing the four lots, the impacts are negligible Ofl all infrastructure systems. Impact studies
on the reserve tract will be required.. when that tract subdivides.