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Variance No. 2008-21 Modification to CUP No. 1964-172 January 12, 2009 Page 3 Although the subject property is primarily surrounded by residential uses, none are immediately adjacent due to the existence of the Orange County Flood Control District Channel. The nearest residential property from the proposed building is 70 feet and is across the Orange County Flood Control District Channel. The properties to the north are approximately 190 feet away from the proposed structure. The area located in front of the existing day care is currently used as a drive aisle for the student loading and unloading area. Currently, there is no landscape provided between the public sidewalk and the loading zone drive aisle. With the proposed expansion, the site is required to provide a 20-foot landscaped setback required by Section 41-234 (SANG). However, the applicant is requesting to provide only 10 feet along the front yard setback. The applicant is interested in maintaining the existing configuration of the drive aisle and student loading and unloading zone in order to better facilitate the arrival and departure of students. In addition, the main child care entrance faces Newhope Street and is easily accessed from the existing drive aisle. Providing the full 20 feet would require that the drive aisle be removed and the loading zone be relocated to the parking area on the northern portion of the property. The children served by this child care facility are three to five years of age and must be checked in and out at the front office. Relocating the unloading and loading zone would delay the departure as parents would have a longer distance to walk their child as the front entrance for the school will remain in its current location. The applicant is proposing to modify the existing two-way drive aisle configuration to a one-way drive aisle. By changing the drive aisle direction the applicant is able to reduce the drive aisle requirement from 20 feet to 10 feet. By reducing the two way drive aisle to a one-way, 10 feet of landscaping can be provided along in f ront of the existing structures. Currently, the front yard setback located north of the driveway entrance provides an approximately 38-foot landscape setback with turf and mature trees. Additionally, 10 feet of front yard landscaping is currently provided along the southern corner of the property and five feet of landscaping between the building and passenger loading and unloading zone. The applicant is proposing to provide planting materials to code and install ten 24-inch box Capital Flowering Pear Trees and 66 five- gallon Indian Hawthorn `Clara' shrubs within the newly proposed 10-foot landscape setback. Four landscape planters will also be constructed within the existing parking area and additional planting material will be added to the existing child care facility. 31 A-4