Commission allows Blessed Day Academy to open daycare now while traffic update and driveway details are completed

Liliana Geary, representing Blessed Day Academy, asked the board to modify a condition that required immediate installation of school-zone pedestrian flashers and to allow phased compliance matched to current enrollment. Geary said consultants determined the previously required traffic study remained sufficient for current enrollment and asked for a proportional approach to the flasher requirement.

Commissioner Jones and public-works staff agreed to a compromise: the county will allow the daycare to open immediately while requiring an updated traffic study, a one-year administrative review and a condition that the applicant must install flashers if the updated analysis or public-works review determines they are necessary. The board also corrected driveway-condition language: instead of a commercial curb-return driveway the condition now requires a commercial pan driveway per the uniform standard or a 5-foot wide concrete sidewalk behind the existing driveway for ADA compliance. The motion, including these clarifications and the one-year review, passed.

What’s next: the applicant will submit the traffic-study update and the county will review it; if the study finds flashers are required, the applicant must install them. The board set a one-year checklist to review operational impacts of the daycare and compliance with required conditions.