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Planning Commission recommends family day home permit for 2111 Oak Avenue
Summary
On June 3, 2026 the Newport News Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of conditional use permit CU20260003 to allow a Family Day Home Child Care (B) for up to 12 children at 2111 Oak Avenue; the case goes to City Council June 23, 2026.
The Newport News Planning Commission on June 3 recommended approval of a conditional use permit to allow a family day home child-care operation at 2111 Oak Avenue, moving the application to City Council on June 23, 2026.
Staff planner Saul Gleiser presented application CU20260003 on behalf of owner-applicant Lisa Giggott, saying the property is in an R-4 single-family residential district and that the proposal is consistent with the city's comprehensive plan. Gleiser described staff's recommendation of 13 conditions that would limit the program to the first floor, set hours of operation from 5:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., limit outdoor play to a daily one-hour window (10:30'11:30 a.m.), require a solid rear/side fence not to exceed 6 feet, and cap enrollment at 12 children.
Gleiser explained the state licensing mechanism that determines caregiver-to-child ratios uses a points system. "Under the system, the total number of children in care may not exceed 16 points per caregiver," he said, and staff reiterated that the applicant must not exceed 32 points at any one time to avoid needing additional outside employees. During questioning, commissioners pressed staff to clarify whether the point total accrues across a day; staff replied the cap is measured at any given time for supervision ratios, not cumulatively across the day.
Commissioners also asked about safety equipment. When asked whether carbon monoxide detectors are required in addition to smoke detectors, Nioka Hall said that state building code requires smoke detectors and that carbon monoxide detectors are encouraged but not mandated by the building code; she said any change would occur through the normal code-amendment process.
After a brief public hearing with no residents speaking, a commissioner moved and the commission voted unanimously to recommend CU20260003 to City Council. The staff report and recommended conditions will be part of the ordinance that goes to council on June 23, 2026.
