| Council tables Big
10 Tires request
By MONROE
ROARK
mroark@TheCitizenNews.com
The Fayetteville City Council
voted Monday night to table a special exception request for a proposed
Big 10 Tires location on the west side of town, saying that a possible
legal challenge necessitates consultation with the city attorney before
making a ruling.
The request for a special exception to operate an automotive repair facility
in a C-3 zoning was recommended for denial by the Planning and Zoning
Commission last month.
The site in question is at the corner of Ga. Highway 54 and LeMans Drive.
Adjoining properties, zoned C-3 as this site is, include a Waffle House,
a convenience store and office complexes.
City staff recommended denial based on the proposed use's incompatibility
with the city's future land use plan.
The petitioners have maintained that the facility should be considered
mainly a tire retail outlet that also makes tire installation available,
but city officials are not buying that.
Nothing new was said about that Monday night, after two appearances before
the Planning and Zoning Commission and one visit to last week's City Council
workshop. Attorney George Rosenzweig, while going over the city's ordinance,
said that the request is proper for the zoning and other conditions on
the site and in the area, as he had said before.
A representative of Big 10 Tires was present, and in response to questions
from council, he said that the store would be company-owned, as all Big
10 stores in Georgia are. He said the 5,580-sq. ft. building would contain
about 1,000 square feet of showroom and waiting room space, with 1,500
square feet of storage space for
tires and the rest consisting of bays for tire installation.
Also included in the record was a letter from Rosenzweig's firm to the
city that stated the P&Z ruling was improper on constitutional grounds
and according to the standards of the zoning ordinance. That, combined
with the presence of a court reporter at Monday night's meeting, raised
the possibility of litigation in the minds of some council members.
The issue is expected to be revisited at the Oct. 2 council meeting.
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