More than 200 people crammed into the meeting chambers at Fayetteville City Hall Tuesday night, the vast majority of them with a single message — keep Hooters out of Fayette County.

A development plan is now under consideration for a Hooters restaurant at Banks Road and Ga. Highway 314.

After spreading the word about the meeting by telephone and at church, a number of people expressed their concerns that an establishment such as Hooters would pose a serious threat to families in the county, most of whom said they moved here because of the kind of values that are 180 degrees removed from what Hooters represents.

The restaurant chain is known across the country primarily for its “Hooters girls,” who serve customers in T-shirts and bright orange shorts.

The applicants addressed the commission briefly, speaking mostly about the plan itself. The proposal is consistent with the current zoning for the site, which is C-3, and the land use plan calls for “highway commercial” usage there, according to a city staff memo.

One resident said that anyone interested in obtaining contact information for Hooters to let the company know how he or she feels about the development plan can go to www.newhopebc.org, the web site for New Hope Baptist Church in Fayetteville, and get that information.

The issue will be revisited at the commission's July 25 meeting, which is its voting meeting for this month.

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