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DATE: January 22, 2013
TO: Planning Commission
SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING: PLPA-2012-00053 Safari Kid Learning Center
Conditional Use Permit for the operation of a Day Care Center at 4564
Dublin Boulevard.
Report prepared by: Seth Adams, Assistant Planner
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Applicant is requesting approval of a Conditional Use Permit for the operation of a Day
Care Center with up to 60 children. The Project site is located at 4564 Dublin Boulevard within
the Dublin Corners shopping center.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission: 1) Receive Staff presentation; 2) Open the
public hearing; 3) Take testimony from the Applicant and the public; 4) Close the public hearing
and deliberate; and 5) Adopt a Resolution approving a Conditional Use Permit for the operation
of a Day Care Center at 4564 Dublin Boulevard.
Submitted By evi ed By
Assistant Planner Assistant Community Development Director
COPIES TO: Applicant
File
ITEM NO.:
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DESCRIPTION: Figure 1. Project Site
The Project site is located in the
Dublin Corners shopping center
at the corner of Dublin
Boulevard and Toyota Drive. Dub" Blvd.
The site has a General Plan and
Eastern Dublin Specific Plan .
designation of General
Commercial, and has Planned
Development (PD) zoning. The
shopping center is Dublin
approximately 4.9 acres in size
and is composed of three Center
existing buildings. The Project
is located in a 2,108 square foot
space at the southwest corner of
the center. Access to the site is
provided from existing driveways '
on Toyota Drive and Dublin
Boulevard.
Safari Kid walo
Adjacent parcels are the
Hacienda Crossings shopping oil . N
center to the west, Dublin
Toyota to the south, Extended Stay Hotel to the east, and single-family residential across Dublin
Boulevard to the north. The shopping center has a variety of existing uses, including a dry
cleaner, liquor store, martial arts studio, eating and drinking establishments, personal services,
a bank, veterinary office, and dental offices.
The Applicant's proposal is to operate a facility that is registered as a Heritage School with the
California Department of Education. The City of Dublin classifies a Heritage School as a
Commercial Day Care Center. The Planned Development (PD) Zoning has a list of permitted
and conditionally permitted uses subject to the regulations of the General Commercial (C-2)
Zoning District. Day Care Centers are a conditionally permitted use in the C-2 district.
Therefore, the Applicant is requesting approval of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to operate a
Day Care Center with up to 60 children and 4 employees.
ANALYSIS:
A Conditional Use Permit enables the City to place Conditions of Approval on a project to
ensure that the operating characteristics are compatible with surrounding uses. The proposed
Project has been reviewed for issues related to parking and operating characteristics such as
hours of operation and noise. Conditions of Approval have been placed on the Project, where
appropriate, to ensure compatibility with the surrounding commercial uses.
Heritage School
Safari Kid is currently operating in San Ramon and several other Bay Area cities. While Safari
Kid is considered a Day Care Center for zoning purposes in the City of Dublin, the business is
registered with the California Department of Education as a "Heritage School," and is thus fully
exempt from licensure and regulation by the State Department of Social Services. Heritage
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Schools do not have to provide an outdoor play area as is required of a typical day care center.
Heritage Schools serve children between the ages of 4 years and 9 months up to 18 years of
age, who also attend a public or private full-time day school. In order to be classified as a
Heritage School the school must do all of the following:
• Specify regular hours of operation.
• Offer education or academic tutoring, or both, in a foreign language.
• Offer education on the culture, traditions, or history of a country other than the United
States.
• Offer culturally enriching activities, including, but not limited to, art, dancing, games, or
singing, based on the cultures or customs of a country other than the United States.
• Maintain membership in a state or national cultural, or language association.
• Comply with relevant local government regulations, where applicable.
• Do not operate out of a residential home.
• Register with the State as a Heritage School and maintain in its possession a copy of
the registration form.
Due to the unique State regulations for Heritage Schools, Condition of Approval No. 14 has
been included in the draft Resolution to ensure that the use maintains registration with the
California Department of Education, and that the Planning Division be provided with a copy of
the annual Heritage School registration form (see Attachment 1, Condition of Approval No. 14).
If the use fails to maintain registration as a Heritage School, then the Condition requires that a
Child Care Center license be obtained from the State of California Community Care Licensing
Division.
Day Care Center
The Applicant is proposing to operate a Day Care Center with 4 employees and up to 60
children within a 2,108 square foot tenant space at the Dublin Corners shopping center
(Attachment 2). The hours of operation would be 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, Monday through Friday,
with kindergarten age children arriving in the morning and older children in the afternoon. The
dropping off and picking up of children is required to be staggered over a minimum one hour
time period to minimize congestion during the Project's peak operating period (see Attachment
1, Condition of Approval No. 12). All activities associated with the business would take place
indoors. Since Safari Kid is a registered California Heritage School and not a Child Care
Center, there is no outdoor activity space proposed or required.
Parking
The City of Dublin Zoning Ordinance contains parking standards by use type (Section 8.76.080).
The Zoning Ordinance requires that Day Care Centers provide 1 parking space for every
employee, plus one loading space for every 5 children at the facility, plus one space per
company vehicle. Loading spaces associated with Day Care Centers are often provided in the
form of a parking space when the ages of the children require that they be accompanied by an
adult into and out of the facility, as is the case with this Day Care Center. The proposed Day
Care Center would have 4 employees and 60 children requiring a total of 16 parking spaces.
No company vehicles are proposed.
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ATTACHMENTS: 1) Resolution approving a Conditional Use Permit for the operation of a
Day Care Center at 4564 Dublin Boulevard.
2) Project Plans
3) Applicant's Written Statement
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GENERAL INFORMATION:
APPLICANT: Chandra Sirapu, 800 Henley Court, San Ramon, CA
94583
PROPERTY OWNER: Shaheen Dublin LLC, 505 Chapman Court, Santa
Clara, CA 95050
LOCATION: 4564 Dublin Boulevard
ASSESSORS PARCEL NUMBER: 986-0035-002-00
GENERAL PLAN LAND USE
DESIGNATION: General Commercial
SPECIFIC PLAN LAND USE
DESIGNATION: Eastern Dublin Specific Plan, General Commercial
ZONING: Planned Development (PD PA 94-001)
SURROUNDING USES:
LOCATION ZONING GENERAL PLAN LAND USE CURRENT USE OF
PROPERTY
North PD Single Family Residential Residential
South PD General Commercial Auto Dealership
East PD General Commercial Hotel
West PD General Commercial Shopping Center
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