Conditional use · Planning application
Private school for up to 120 students approved in former office building
The City Council approved the permit with conditions on July 23, 2024. The school would use a one-story, 10,085-square-foot office building, with a fenced playground on the adjoining vacant lot. Recess is limited to 90 minutes a day, and staff must direct drop-off traffic.
About this application
Freedom Academy wants to open a small private school for Pre-K through 12th grade, capped at 120 students, in an existing one-story office building at 1173 East Winding Creek Drive in Eagle. A neighboring vacant lot at 1275 East Winding Creek Drive would become a fenced playground. The school would run Monday through Thursday during the day.
Ashley Meyer with Freedom Academy is requesting conditional use permit approval to operate a private school and playground. The 1.61-acre site is located on the south side of East Winding Creek Drive approximately 68-feet west of Academy Avenue at 1173 and 1275 East Winding Creek Drive.
Project name on file: Freedom Academy
Timeline
July 23, 2024
Approved
Eagle City Council: Approved. Findings adopted August 13, 2024.
July 23, 2024
Public hearing: Eagle City Council
June 17, 2024
Public hearing: Eagle Planning and Zoning Commission
Documents
Staff reports
- Findings of fact and conclusions of law for private school conditional use permit
Planning and Zoning Commission findings and recommendation on Freedom Academy's request to operate a private school and playground on a 1.61-acre site.
July 22, 2024 · 83 pages
- Staff report for conditional use permit
Planning staff report recommending site-specific and standard conditions for a private school and playground, with a 120-student cap, for the June 17, 2024 commission hearing.
June 16, 2024 · 47 pages · Staff Report
Decisions
- Findings of fact and conclusions of law
Eagle City Council decision on the conditional use permit for a private school and playground at the Freedom Academy site, with findings on the project, notice and prior actions.
Aug. 12, 2024 · 14 pages · Decision