Sunday, December 16, 2001
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Sunday, December 16, 2001 |
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Council to hear appeal By MONROE ROARK
A pair of petitioners are seeking to have unfavorable city rulings reversed at next week's Fayetteville City Council meeting. A special exception request for a proposed Mr. Transmission at 705 Lanier Avenue West was denied last month by the Planning and Zoning Commission, and the applicants have appealed that ruling. Also on the council's agenda is a rezoning request for a portion of the Fayette Promenade mixed-use development, for which the commission recommended denial last month. A special exception is required for the Mr. Transmission site to allow certain automotive repair services on the property. The site is next to an Auto Zone outlet, but city officials maintain that it is a retail establishment and not a repair or installation facility. Proponents of the special exception say that the proposal would be a good fit for the area, although city staff has said in the past that the site does not have the buffering necessary to lessen noise and visual impact from the proposed business. The Fayette Promenade proposal includes 94 housing units and about 43,600 square feet of office space to be constructed behind the existing Fayette Promenade, which contains Kinko's and other retail establishments on Ga. Highway 85 across from Fayette Pavilion. The future land use map calls for business park uses on this site, which is south of the power line easement and North 85 Parkway, and north of Pine Trail. The inclusion of townhouses in the plan is one of the key factors that soured city staff and commissioners on the project. The current city trend is to direct multifamily and other high-density development closer to the downtown area. According to city staff, the applicant has argued that the property cannot be developed at the current C-3 (commercial) zoning because it is set back too far from the highway with no highway or public street frontage. But that is a problem of the developer's own making, city staff has maintained, because of the way the first phase of the development has cut off that access. No one representing the applicant was present at Thursday night's council work session to argue for the rezoning. Other agenda items for the council this week include: A proposed resolution authorizing a joint agreement with the county and John Wieland Homes concerning water service to the Lakeside on Redwine subdivision. An amendment to the city's occupational tax ordinance. An amendment to the city's sign ordinance, along with an ordinance placing a temporary moratorium on sign permits and another ordinance regulating nonconforming temporary signs.
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