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Vote to approve a legislative request by the Chatham County Board of Commissioners to consider amendments to the Chatham County Zoning Ordinance; specifically, Sections 7.2 Definitions and 10.13 Table of Permitted Uses to make changes to in-home childcare regulations.
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Action Requested:
Vote to approve a legislative request by the Chatham County Board of Commissioners to consider amendments to the Chatham County Zoning Ordinance; specifically, Sections 7.2 Definitions and 10.13 Table of Permitted Uses to make changes to in-home childcare regulations.
Introduction & Background:
From time to time the Chatham County Zoning ordinance needs to be updated in order to adapt to the changing needs of county residents. The changes shown in the attached redline document are meant to address the concerns of county staff and residents with regards to starting and operating in-home childcare centers, also known as family daycare centers. The redline document shows the new definitions that will be added to the Zoning Ordinance as well as the updates to the Table of Permitted Uses.
A few months ago, Planning staff met with representatives from the Chatham Partnership for Children, and they requested some changes to make it less complicated to start an in-home childcare facility.
The NC General Statues defines Childcare (G.S. ? 110-86) as a program or arrangement where three or more children less than 13 years old, who do not reside where the care is provided, receive care on a regular basis of at least once per week for more than four hours but less than 24 hours per day from persons other than their guardians or full-time custodians, or from persons not related to them by birth, marriage, or adoption. In-Home Childcare is defined as a childcare arrangement located in a residence where, at any one time, more than two (2) children, but less than nine (9) children, receive childcare.
Planning Staff is proposing two new definitions. An updated definition for ...
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