Child mini-day care center not located in the residence of the care provider shall be permitted in R-1, R-2, R-5, R-10 and community commercial zone classifications and shall be permitted upon administrative review.
A. Notice. Written notice of the proposal shall be mailed to all property owners of record location within three hundred feet of any portion of the boundary of the subject property and any contiguous lots in the same ownership, and shall include a description of the proposal, site location, deadline for submitting written comments, and the address and phone number of the county planning department.
B. Administrative Review. The planning director shall review applications for a mini-day care center not located in the residence of the care provider and may approve, modify, or deny the application subject to the following requirements:
1. Meet Washington State child day care licensing requirements;
2. Comply with all building, fire safety, health code, and business licensing requirements;
3. Signage, if any, will conform to the requirements of Section 21.70.110 of this title;
4. Filing of a child day care registration form with Skamania County as provided for in Section 21.86.050 of the chapter;
5. Parking requirements shall comply with Section 21.70.070 of this title;
6. The site must be landscaped in a manner compatible with adjacent residences;
7. No structural or decorative alteration which will alter the residential character of an existing residential structure used for a child mini-day care center is permitted. Any new or remodeled structure must be designed to be compatible with the residential character of the surrounding neighborhood;
8. The child mini-day care center shall not be located within three hundred feet of another child mini-day care center or child day care center not located in the residence of the care provider, excluding any child day care center which is an accessory use pursuant to Section 21.86.040(D) of this chapter;
9. The planning director may attach conditions to the permit in order to reduce conflicts between the child mini-day care center and surrounding neighborhood; i.e., noise attenuation, special parking needs, and hours of operation;
10. If the planning director finds that there is just cause for a public hearing, final approval shall be determined through the conditional use permit process pursuant to Section 21.16.070 of this title and shall be subject to the requirements of Section 21.86.040 of this chapter. The process used to appeal an administrative review decision is contained in Section 21.16.070 of this title.
C. A child mini-day care center may be permitted in all other zone classifications only upon issuance of a conditional use permit pursuant to Section 21.16.070 of this title. (Ord. 2005-02 (part))