NORTHRIDGE : Child-Care Center Guidelines Urged
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Prompted by a neighborhood dispute over a proposed day-care center in Northridge, Los Angeles Councilwoman Laura Chick recommended Wednesday that city officials draft guidelines to help determine when a child-care center is appropriate for a residential area.
The Chick motion was prompted by an emotionally charged dispute over a proposal to allow a day-care center for 36 children in a residential area on Devonshire Street in Northridge.
Neighbors of the proposed center opposed the project, calling it a “commercial intrusion.” Upon Chick’s recommendation, the council voted unanimously last week to permit the center for 24 children.
Under current zoning codes, a child-care facility with more than 12 children can only be allowed in a residential area after a public hearing is conducted and a conditional-use permit is approved by city zoning officials.
Chick’s proposal instructs the city’s zoning administrator and child-care coordinator to draft a set of guidelines “to assist Planning Department staff and Council members in making decisions” on child-care facilities.
Chick’s proposal will be considered by the council’s committee on planning and land use sometime in the next month.
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