Title
Use Permit Application No. 16-00002 by Debbie Privette to permit a daycare at 1741 W. Queen Street
Purpose
Background Statement:
Use Permit Application No. 16-00002 is a request for a daycare. The City of Hampton Zoning Ordinance permits daycare facilities in the One-Family Residential (R-11) District, with the approval of a use permit. The proposed child care center will be operated inside an existing church building, containing approximately 62,610 square feet but the proposed daycare will only occupy 29,377 square feet at an existing church located at 1741 W. Queen Street. The applicant has requested 100 children for the proposed daycare. Per the Virginia Building Code, the location of the proposed daycare can accommodate the requested amount of children, including daycare employees. The daycare operation will serve 100 children ranging in age between 6 weeks and 12 years of age, with fifteen employees. The applicant requested these hours of operation, Monday through Friday 6:00AM to 6:00PM; however, staff is recommending hours of operation from Sunday to Saturday 5:30AM to 1:00AM because it will allow for future operational flexibility and align with other daycare establishments, permitted through the use permit application process. Furthermore, staff recommends that the age range be expanded to zero (0) to thirteen (13) years of age for the same reasons.
The traffic circulation plan has been reviewed by traffic engineering staff who determined that the addition of a daycare to this location should have negligible impacts on neighborhood traffic patterns when operated under the proposed conditions.
The Hampton Community Plan (2006, as amended) recommends public/semi-public land for the subject property and the proposed daycare is consistent with the Plan, which recommends the creation of an environment that will nurture children in the community. The Plan also recommends providing high quality community services and facilities, as well as facilit...
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