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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNotes, Work PLANNER 9/5/2008 1942 5th Street * . CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE 1/31. Complaint received from neighbor that Montessori school being operated in residence. 2/7 Spoke with Tara. She's working with Carla (owner of Montessori school). Said the state laws have changed. allowing 16 children now as a home. Said they have the operator of the schoolliving at the facility. She will refer Carla to me about the deadlines as the letter has the wrong violaiton timelines for deadlines. 2/8 Spoke with Carla. She said the operator of the preschool is Ethan Castle and he lives at the residence. Said they eventually plan to have a center, but it's withing preschool regulations for now. I told her two days from today (I'd check the 13th) for the signage. She agreed 2/281Sign removed, Case closed * PLANNING 8/26 Pre-submitt:i1 meeting held for Site Plan Review - change of use frotn residential child care to commercial preschool in HDR zone. Application was deemed incomplete due to inadequate parking and internal pedestrian and vehicular circulation. That afternoon, staff was informed by Fire that this change of use required a change of occupancy to "E" (Educational). Staff phoned Applicant with this information. 8/27 Applicant's architect submitted change of occupancy plans and applied for building permit. 9/5 Staff advised by Robert Castille, Building Inspector, thatthe school was in full operation without Building Permit approval. Per Dave Pruent, Building Official, he is investigating the situation. At this point, it is Unknown what specific action will be taken by the Building Department regarding this situation. A potential response will be to cause the immediate closure of the school, however, this will not occur today. 5005 Main Street " 6/11 Jim Donovan met with Ms McQuillan to discuss transitioning this location from a commercial daycare facility to an elementary school, operated under a charter from the Springfield School District. 7/3 DIM held 9/5 No further action taken as of this date. Still operating as a commercial child care facility (as permitted' in the CC zone). Date KecelVed: e!f l~slQL P/anner:UJ ~ ~ DeL woe 1000"7-0