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Council approves two family daycare expansions with parking and outdoor-play conditions
Summary
The City Council unanimously approved two special-use permits expanding family daycare operations: Eliana's Childcare (10941 Byrd Drive) to 12 children and Learning Tree Bilingual Montessori (3936 Providence Place) to 7 children. Both approvals require state licensure, principal-residence operation, and parking compliance; council amended outdoor play to begin at 8:00 AM.
At a May 13 public hearing, the council considered two separate special-use permit applications for family daycare operations.
Savannah Newburn, senior planner with the Berkeley Group (planning consultant for the city), explained both applications comply with zoning standards for the RH (Residential High) district but recommended approvals be conditioned on state licensure, principal-residence operation, a maximum child count tied to on-site parking capacity, a prohibition on transferring the SUP to another operator, and limitations on outdoor play start time.
For Eliana's Childcare (10941 Byrd Drive), staff recommended approval to expand from seven to twelve children subject to the conditions above. Councilmember Hardy Chandler moved approval. During debate members raised the historically applied 9:00 AM restriction for outdoor play; the council amended the motion to permit outdoor play beginning at 8:00 AM and approved the SUP unanimously.
For Learning Tree Bilingual Montessori (3936 Providence Place), staff said the site can only support up to seven children with existing parking; the SUP is conditioned so that the increase will not become effective until the applicant installs the additional parking space. The council approved that SUP unanimously, again adopting the 8:00 AM outdoor-play start for the condition.
Council members discussed broader policy concerns — including whether parking standards and the SUP process should be reviewed citywide — and staff said they would examine code and procedural options and follow up as part of future work on childcare regulations.
