Town of Kindersley council approves daycare permit
By Stu Salkeld
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Your West Central Voice
KINDERSLEY – Parents in and around the Town of Kindersley appear to have another option for childcare as town council approved a permit for a daycare centre. The resolution was passed at the Sept. 28 regular meeting of council.
New use for an old post. The former RCMP building at the corner of 8th Avenue West and 2nd Street West in Kindersley could soon house a daycare centre after town council approved a discretionary-use development permit at its Sept. 28 meeting. PHOTO BY KATE WINQUIST
Manager of Infrastructure and Development Chad Levitt presented councillors with a discretionary-use development permit application for a daycare located at 300 8th Ave. West in town. It was noted in the council agenda the development permit application was made by West Central Safety Corporation (Andrew and Rikki Wolfe).
Levitt noted that the neighbourhood in question is zoned to accommodate such a request. "The zone at this location is designated as R1-low density residential district which permits daycare centres, as a discretionary use, as per Sec 5 and Sec 7.5 in the Town of Kindersley's zoning bylaw 02-22," stated the staff memo.
The bylaw included some conditions unique to daycare developments, such as any such developments located in a residential neighbourhood can't have exterior changes made that don't mesh with the neighbourhood's character, and such a development located in a residential neighbourhood must have at least 35 square feet of fenced on-site outdoor play space for each child present in the facility at any one time.
Readers should note a discretionary use development permit is one that must be first approved by council; in comparison, a permitted use is one that is typically automatically approved.
During his verbal presentation Levitt noted the building in question is also known as the "old RCMP building."
Levitt observed staff followed standard procedure for development permits and notified neighbours within a certain radius of this application; the town received no feedback as a result. The staff recommendation was for council to approve the discretionary-use development permit for a daycare centre.
Councillors unanimously approved it with the standard conditions.