DAPHNE, Ala. — A beauty school may open in Daphne as the Planning Commission at its site review Aug. 19 heard an administrative presentation for Genesis Career College to move into the building formerly occupied by Advance Auto Parts in Daphne Square, at the Wilson Avenue-U.S. Highway 98 intersection. Commissioners do not vote during site review.

The .4-acre property is southeast of the intersection of U.S. Highway 98 and Wilson Avenue.

David Diehl, representing Engineering Development Services, also presented a site plan for 28 additional spaces to be added to the parking lot, as well as a sidewalk connecting the school to the parking lot.

Diehl said the group will add a detention system for storm water to run off the impervious surface into an existing pond.

Planning Commissioner Cathy Barnette, also a city council member, raised concerns of after-hours traffic, noting that many small children live in and frequent the area.

Diehl said the plan includes, along with new permanent vegetation, planting eight trees after removing four.

In other business:

Diehl said the current owner purchased the remaining 143 lots of the original 155 after the property was foreclosed upon; the other 12 lots have been sold to individual owners.

Diehl noted a previous arrangement between the former owner and the city to connect Felicity Lane to County Road 13. Diehl said no right-of-way was ever dedicated.

“This would be a city street and would be dedicated to the city,” Diehl said of the proposed extension, which would allow for emergency vehicles to access a loop.

Fire Marshal Chip Martin, taking issue with the proposed 12-foot alley, said “that’s smaller than we normally use.”

Barnette said alleys normally are 30 feet but noted the plan has some “wiggle room” and asked if the alley could be expanded.

Diehl said that adjustments can be made.

The proposed alley would be used as a cut-through for traffic, according to Planning Department Director Bill Eady.

“We do want them to use it,” Commissioner Don Terry said. “It’s not just for emergency vehicles.”

Commissioners reviewed:

The property, owned by the Bain family, is zoned R-2, medium density single-family residential.

The property, owned by the Huey family, is also zoned R-2.

The property, owned by AJD Family Limited Partnership, is currently zoned B-1, professional business, and B-2, local business.