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Zoning & Planning
SUP Day Care Center
2800 W. Central Ave.
Title
Granting a Special Use Permit for a Day Care Center for the property located at 2800 West Central Avenue, in the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, subject to certain conditions; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
By application (SUP25-0018) filed with the City of Toledo Central Permit Center, a request for a Special Use Permit for a Day Care Center for the property located at 2800 West Central Avenue, in the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; was submitted to the Toledo City Plan Commission for its review and recommendation.
On July 3, the Toledo City Plan Commission recommended approval for the request for granting a Special Use Permit for a Day Care Center for the property located at 2800 West Central Avenue, in the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio.
On August 13, 2025, the Toledo City Council Zoning and Planning Committee recommended approval for the request for granting a Special Use Permit for a Day Care Center for the property located at 2800 West Central Avenue, in the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That granting a Special Use Permit for a Day Care Center for the property located at 2800 West Central Avenue, in the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. in the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; be and the same is hereby approved, subject to the conditions contained in Section 2 hereof which must be complied with, as to the property more fully described as follows:
NEW ENGLAND LANES LOT 93 & S 10 FT LOT 92
SECTION 2. That the approval of the granting of a Special Use Permit for a Day Care Center for the property located at 2800 West Central Avenue, in the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. in the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, be subject to compliance with the eighteen conditions (18) conditions as follows:
The following eighteen (18) conditions listed by agency of origin. Applicants are encouraged to contact each of the agencies to address compliance with their conditions:
Division of Environmental Services
1. Applicant shall maintain compliance with the City of Toledo’s Stormwater regulations as specified in the Toledo Municipal Code. Special attention must be paid to all potential storm water impacts from modification of the site, including but not limited to long-term operation and maintenance of existing structural and non-structural Best Management Practices.
2. Applicant shall maintain compliance with Ohio EPA’s General Stormwater NPDES permit programs.
3. Applicant is strongly encouraged to install permanent inlet filters with oil absorbent pillow in parking lot catch basins to treat stormwater.
4. Applicant is strongly encouraged to include multiple green infrastructure measures to minimize runoff and increase infiltration, and to minimize the amount of new and/or additional impervious surface on the site.
5. Applicant is strongly encouraged to plant native, low maintenance and non-invasive trees, shrubs and perennials. Information is at https://ohiodnr.gov/wps/portal/gov/odnr/discover-and-learn/plants-trees/invasive-plants; a list of invasive plants and alternative species can be downloaded from https://www.oipc.info/uploads/5/8/6/5/58652481/ alternatives_to_ohio_invasive_plant_species.pdf
6. Applicant shall maintain compliance with the City of Toledo and the State of Ohio’s Air Quality Regulations applicable in the Toledo Municipal Code and the Ohio Administrative Code including, but not limited to the Asbestos and the Anti-Noise Laws.
Fire Prevention
7. Approved Premises identification is required.
8. Key box(es) for access to buildings and areas restricted by fences, gates, etc. are required.
Division of Transportation
No comment nor concern.
Plan Commission
9. Per TMC§1107.1906 All off-street parking, loading, and other vehicle circulation areas shall be graded and continuously maintained and designed to preclude free flow of stormwater across or onto adjacent lots, properties, or streets.
10. Thirty-five (35) square feet of useable indoor space per person in care must be regularly available to the Type A Day Care. Acceptable as depicted on site plan.
11. Sixty (60) square feet of useable outdoor space must be provided for each person in care using the outdoor area at any one time. Acceptable as depicted on site plan.
12. A Day Care Center is required to have one (1) parking space per four-hundred (400) square feet of floor area. Six (6) parking spaces, one (1) two-slotted bicycle parking rack, and one (1) assessable van parking space shall be provided. Acceptable as depicted on site plan.
13. A paved off-street area for dropping off and picking up persons in care at the facility must be provided and approved by the Division of Transportation; Acceptable as depicted on site plan.
14. A detailed site, lighting, fencing and landscaping plan (separate from building & site plans) shall be submitted to the Plan Director for review and approval. Such plan shall include:
a. Per TMC§1108.0203(F), a Type B landscape buffer shall be provided around the outdoor play area. This buffer shall be a minimum of ten-feet (10’) in width and consist of four (4) canopy trees and fifteen (15) shrubs installed every 100 linear feet. Pursuant to TMC§1108.0203(D)(2), a fence, wall, or berm six-feet (6’) to eight-feet (8’) in height may be used and can substitute for the shrub requirements. Applicant has the option to request credit for the existing tree under TMC§1108.0407(B). A revised landscape plan showing detail of existing and proposed plants shall be submitted;
b. Fences shall not exceed three and one-half (3 ½’) feet in the front yard. Not acceptable as depicted;
c. A frontage greenbelt shall be provided along all public rights-of-way pursuant to TMC§1108.0202. Frontage greenbelts shall be a minimum width of fifteen (15’) feet and have at least one (1) tree for every thirty (30’) feet of lot frontage. Not depicted on site plan, shall be submitted on revised landscape plan;
d. The fence along the northern boundary of the site shall be maintained indefinitely.
e. Per TMC§1108.0203(G), dumpsters and trash receptacles shall be screened on all four sides with materials of evergreen plantings, fencing, a wall, or a combination thereof with a minimum height of six (6’) feet. Dumpsters shall not be located within the required setbacks or Residential zoned districts. Acceptable as depicted;
f. A perimeter landscape buffer including a minimum of one (1) canopy tree for each thirty (30’) linear feet, plus a continuous shrub with a minimum height of 18 inches when installed shall be provided abutting the parking area to visually screen all off-street loading facilities from view of Residential districts and public rights-of-way per TMC§1108.0204. Shall be depicted on a revised landscape plan;
g. One (1) two-inch caliper tree for every 1,000 square feet of building coverage, foundation plantings along all portions of the building that are visible from the right-of-way, and landscaping at all major entrances shall be provided. Not acceptable as depicted. A revised landscape plan shall be submitted to reflect interior site landscaping;
h. Landscaped areas may not contain bare soil, aggregated stone or decorative rock.
Any ground area must be covered with hardwood mulch, grass or other vegetative ground coverage;
i. All landscape material must be properly maintained. No approved plant material shall be removed for any reason without being replaced with like kind, or without submitting a revised landscape plan to the Planning Director for review or approval;
j. All site lighting shall be fully directed downward, recessed, or adequately shielded to direct light away from adjacent properties, rights of way, or the sky above the fixtures per TMC 1107.1908; and
k. The location, number, height, diameter and species of any materials to be planted and maintained, as well as the location and number of any existing trees to be retained. Not acceptable as depicted. Applicant shall provide a landscape plan showing detail of existing and proposed plants.
15. The Special Use Permit may be reviewed for compliance with the conditions of approval, negative secondary effects, and adherence to all requirements of the Toledo Municipal Code. If outstanding issues are found and not addressed the Special Use Permit may be considered for revocation.
16. Approval of the Special Use Permit will lapse after one (1) year if the criteria listed in TMC§1111.0707 have not been met.
17. Minor adjustments to the site plan that do not violate the above conditions, or the Toledo Municipal Code, may be reviewed and approved by the Director of the Toledo City Plan Commission.
18. No permits shall be issued until arrangements satisfactory to the Director of the City of Toledo Plan Commission have been made for compliance with the conditions as set forth above.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas _____, nays _____.
Passed: _________________, as an emergency measure: yeas _____, nays _____.
Attest: ________________________ __________________________________
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: _____________________ __________________________________
Mayor
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance passed by Council ________________________.
Attest: ________________________
Clerk of Council