SAN MARCOS -- Tonight the Planning Commission will consider plans for a permanent High Tech High North County campus.

The "project-based" high school alternative opened in September in a set of temporary buildings on San Marcos Boulevard at Discovery Street. High Tech High, home to 150 freshman this year, wants to construct permanent, two-story high school and middle school buildings on the same 5-acre site.

In June, the temporary campus proposal earned approval and high praise from commissioners. One commissioner even recused himself from the vote because his son planned to enroll in the new school.

City staff has recommended the commission approve plans for the permanent project, as long as High Tech High meets several conditions, including: building block walls to contain lunch-hour noise to the outdoor courtyard, further work on drainage plans for the site and providing a traffic management plan.

High Tech High will also be required to replace the temporary buildings used now for classes with open recreational areas and a full basketball court.

The high school building could be finished by 2009, according to staff reports, while the middle school is slated to open for the 2010-11 school year. Officials estimate the completed campus will be home to 860 students and 58 faculty and staff members.

The commission will also consider making recommendations to the City Council about proposed changes to zoning ordinances governing home daycare operations.

The proposed changes include increasing the number of children allowed in both "small" and "large" home daycare facilities by two, to eight children and 14 children, respectively, and requiring a "minor use permit" for small home daycares and a "director's permit" for large daycares.

The council will make the final decision on the proposed changes to the zoning code.

Also on the Planning Commission's agenda is an application to allow a Frisbee golf course at Montiel Park in the Richland neighborhood.

The Planning Commission meets the first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 1 Civic Center Drive.

Staff writer Colleen Mensching can be reached at (760) 739-6675 or cmenshing@nctimes.com.