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Planning commission recommends conditional use permit for tire sales and repair at 9955 Jefferson Ave.
Summary
The Planning Commission unanimously recommended City Council approve a conditional use permit for a tire sales and service business at a vacant building on Jefferson Avenue, finding the reuse aligned with redevelopment strategies and conditioned on site and landscape plans.
The Newport News Planning Commission unanimously recommended that City Council approve a conditional use permit for a tire sales and service facility at 9955 Jefferson Avenue (CU20250004) during its July 16 meeting.
Planner Saul Galicia said the site, a vacant 1980s building on property zoned C-2, previously housed automobile services but lost its legally nonconforming status after being vacant for more than two years. Staff recommended approval with 18 conditions, including submission of a Class 2 site plan and an approved landscape plan, removal of one southern driveway, limitations on signage and requirements that all repair work be conducted indoors.
Agent Sam Baraki, speaking for the applicant, told commissioners his client has operated similar locations in the Tidewater area since 1995 and plans to re-use the existing structure for tire sales, installation and in‑building repairs. "Part of what he's proposing... we're going to close the southern portion and install the landscape buffer," Baraki said, describing the proposed parking and landscape work to meet city and VDOT access standards.
Commissioners asked questions about buffers and whether the project conflicted with a larger corridor redevelopment effort; staff said approval of a conditional use permit would not preclude the property's eventual inclusion in a broader redevelopment plan and that the limited scope of this application addresses an existing vacant building.
A motion to recommend approval passed unanimously, 8–0. Chairperson Taylor said the item will be scheduled for City Council consideration on Aug. 12, 2025.
