HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson Planning Commission gave its approval on zoning changes that will allow for an adult day care center to be established at the old Medical Center facility at 1125 N. Main.

Until Tuesday’s meeting, city zoning regulations prohibited such a center within a commercial district, but on Tuesday, rewording allowed for the regulations to fit such a purpose.

Kansas has just 14 of these centers that provide services such as therapeutic activities, meals, transportation, caregiver support groups, personal assistance, social services and rehab therapy, some of which can be covered by insurance. About 80 percent of the centers have a professional nursing staff.

The matter will now go before the City Council Jan. 3.