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Adult Day Centers at Strip Centers<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n

Most of City Council still Opposes it<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

By Carol Arnett<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"City<\/a>Following the swearing in of new Mayor Timothy Lowery and Municipal Judge Mary Elizabeth Dorsey at the last Florissant City Council meeting, the council continued with business as usual, with a public hearing and several bills on the agenda.<\/p>\n

The public hearing was about a request for a special use permit for Unique Loving Hands Day Care for the operation of an adult day care at 620 N. Highway 67. This is in Florissant Meadows Shopping Center. The proposed business would serve up to 33 clients.<\/p>\n

Lashonda Mays Boykins and Clarence Boykins are the owners of the project and addressed the council.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think this is the proper use in a strip center,\u201d Councilman Gerard Henke said. He said he wanted to let everyone know up front how he felt about the day cares in shopping centers.<\/p>\n

Clarence Boykins pointed out other centers that had businesses that were not retail, including doctors\u2019 offices, urgent care centers, and therapy offices.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust because a building meets the building code requirements, it may not meet the zoning codes requirements,\u201d said City Attorney John Hessel.<\/p>\n

\u201cI agree with Mr. Henke on this,\u201d said Councilman Joe Eagan. He said he was on the council when it voted to ban child day care centers in strip malls and he thinks that adult day cares should also be banned.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Councilman Robert Parson said he was looking at every business on an individual basis. He has questions about drop-off and pick-up at the center. Boykins said that the clients would be dropped off by family or friends in the front. If the center provides transportation, they will come in the back entrance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have concerns about this,\u201d said Councilman Andrew Harris. \u201cI\u2019m in favor of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lashonda Mays Boykins said that she wanted to know why so many council members are against the adult day care centers. She said that dialysis centers have been approved. She added that dialysis centers also serve many seniors and have more people drop-offs and pick-ups than her business would have.<\/p>\n

Several people spoke at the hearing. More were in favor of adult day care centers in shopping centers than against them. The council held a first reading on the bill that would approve the project.<\/p>\n

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IN OTHER MATTERS, THE COUNCIL: <\/strong><\/p>\n