11419 19TH AVE SE ENGAGING MINDS 2016-01-01 MF Import

� � Becky Fauver From: Allan Giffen Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 3:51 PM To: Becky Fauver Cc: Bob Landles Subject: "Engaging Minds"tenant improvements in shopping center at Silver Lake Bob and I met witn Susan Dewald and Mary Neiffer-Hickey,the two women who are opening a business in the Kaneris property shopping center at Silver Lake. Their use was initially determined to fall into the land use category of"preschool"as listed in our zoning code. In reviewing the code, Review Process III is required for a preschool in the B-1 zone. In discussing the nature of their business,we Iearned that it wili be contained entirely within an enclosed building space,with no outdoor playground or activity area. All activities will be held indoors during their two 2-hour sessions each day. In discussing the reason for classifying preschools as a Review Process III in the B-1 zone, it was my best recollection and opinion that the reason for the Review process III is to allow for public notification and comment on preschool facilities that typically have outdoor play areas. The Engaoing Minds learning center does not have an outdoor play area. It is not a day care center. The proposed business will have a two-hour learning session in the morning, 2nd one in the afternoon, each for different s tudents. It functions more like a Sylvan learning center than the type of preschoot envisioned in the draking of the zoning code. There is no outdoor play area, no food handling or snack time,as is normally included in a preschool. Based on our understanding o'the way that this business will operate, I am comfortable in finding that it is more like a private instruction class than a typical preschool in which children are present for a longer period of time z• d have periods for outdoor play. I woulc� put it in the land use classification of"private instruction"which is Review Process I in the B-1 zune.