The Planning Commission voted unanimously to deny without prejudice Iroonet’s Conditional Use Permit request to operate a 16-resident boarding house in Dublin Ranch on Oakhurst Court. The boarders currently living at the Iroonet home in Dublin Ranch are exchange students from South Korea that are attending private schools in the area such as Quarry Lane and Valley Christian. The Planning Commission also denied Iroonet’s request to reduce the on-site parking requirement from 6 spaces to 3 spaces.

Some of the concerns and questions commonly noted by representatives for the Dublin Ranch HOA and residents in attendance were with respect to:

• Iroonet’s commercial status while operating in an area zoned for residential use;
• Number of children living in the home on Oakhurst Court (14 kids plus 2 caretakers);
• The actual number of bedrooms at the home (a living room was converted to a bedroom); and
• Parking challenges associated with having visitors at the boarding house (it was later noted that there haven’t been any parking challenges of late).

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