Fayetteville's government has started the process of rezoning a small parcel of land to a residential category, which would reverse an earlier decision to change its zoning to office-institutional.

Council rezoned a small portion of the Landrum property on Ga. Highway 54 east of town to O-I after an agent for the owners said the plan was to operate an accounting office in a small house on the land.

But city manager Mike Bryant said the city has cited the owners twice since the rezoning because they are parking dump trucks and other vehicles on the site, and that's not allowed under the new zoning.

The owners have gotten a restraining order to stop the city from issuing any more citations until the older ones are dealt with in court.

City Council Monday voted unanimously to start the process of reversing their earlier decision and rezoning the property for residential use.

It takes $293.80 a year for every man, woman and child in Fayette County to operate the county government. And that's about 30 percent less than in most counties.

Statewide, the average is $398.96 per capita, according to a recent report from the state Department of Community Affairs.

The report also reveals that Fayette is spending only $21.25 per capita for capital expenditures, compared with $379.88 statewide.

The numbers are great news for Fayette officials, though County Commission Chairman Harold Bost pointed out that once the county's jail and courthouse projects get cranked up, the capital projects costs will rise a bit.

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