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Ordinance Amending the Land Development Code, Chapter 18, to Restore Group Day Facilities as a Permitted Use in Various Zoning Districts, and to Reestablish and Modify the Definition and Prescribed Conditions for a Group Day Facility
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Department: Planning & Development Meeting Date:
11/3/2026 Contact Name: Brian Chambers Public Hearing:
Yes Contact Phone: 910-342-2782 Advertising Date/Advertised By: 10/23/2026 and 10/30/2026/StarNews Attachments: Attachment 1: Ordinance; Attachment 2: Case Summary; Attachment 3: Permitted Zoning Districts Map; Attachment 4: Legacy Code Group Day Facility Standards; Attachment 5: Planning Commission Public Comments; Attachment 6: Planning Commission Recommendation; Attachment 7: Planning Commission Appeal; Attachment 8: Draft Planning Commission Minutes
PURPOSE:
The proposed amendment would restore group day facilities as a permitted use in select residential, commercial, and mixed-use districts, and reestablish and modify the definition and prescribed conditions for group day facilities.
BACKGROUND:
The previous Land Development Code (“LDC”) (“Legacy Code”) included a group day facility use category: an establishment that provides care, shelter, or supervision of persons without overnight accommodations. Under the Legacy Code, the group day facility use was permitted by special use permit in multiple-dwelling, mixed-use, and commercial zoning districts.
As part of the 2021 update to the LDC, the group day facility use was eliminated. There are currently no uses listed in the LDC that adequately address facilities providing daytime care, shelter, or services to community members. The proposed amendment would restore the group day facility use as a distinct land use and allow these facilities in select multiple-dwelling, mixed-use, and commercial zoning districts by way of a conditional zoning approval.
Under conditional zoning approval, a conditional district would be applied to the existing zon...
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