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City Council Meeting <br />September 7, 2000 <br />Page 6 <br />Fleming for a change in zoning from a One-Family Dwelling District No. 2(SF- <br />2) to a One-Family Dwelling District No. 2(SF-2) with Specific Use Permit <br />(25) Nursery or Daycare on Lot 3, Block A, Eastfield Addition, being number <br />525 32nd N. E. Street. <br />Mayor Pfiester called for proponents to appear, and Nell Fleming 525 32nd N. <br />E. Street, appeared in behalf of her petition. Ms. Fleming told the City Council <br />that they had recently purchased their home on N. E. 32nd Street, and at that <br />time did not for see any problems with keeping young children from the ages <br />of 22 months to four year old in their home. Ms. Fleming said they became <br />aware of the city ordinance when her husband went to the city and applied for <br />a permit to enclose the garage in order to keep these children. She said they <br />had talked with several neighbors across the street from them and one next door <br />on the right hand side, and none of those neighbors had any opposition to her <br />keeping children in the home. Ms. Fleming said after Tuesday nights' meeting, <br />the petition that was sent to, or carried around to a lot of other neighbors had <br />a lot of misconceptions in it. First, she said this would not be a nursery or day <br />care center because the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory <br />Services define a day care center as having 12 or more children in a facility, not <br />a home. A group day home is having fewer than 12 children within a home. <br />Ms. Fleming said she understood that some of the neighbors were worried <br />about the zoning being changed, but this pertains to her home only, and she <br />said she had talked to a realtor and she did not feel there is a problem with the <br />zoning change affecting the value of the property in the neighborhood. Ms. <br />Fleming said the parking was addressed as being a problem, but there will be <br />no parking or employees. She said there has been more than two cars, which <br />is what a normal family owns, most of the time. Ms. Fleming explained that <br />her son is leaving this weekend to return to bible college and will be taking one <br />of the vehicles and another one is up for sale, which will only leave two <br />vehicles. Ms. Fleming said the parents of the children she will be keeping only <br />drop the children off and they are on the way to work, and it will be the same <br />in the afternoon. Ms. Fleming said she could not see that eight people dropping <br />children off would create a traffic problem as the times are staggered as to <br />