Sunday, March 3, 2002
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Sunday, March 3, 2002 |
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Southside master plan studied By MONROE ROARK Consideration of a master plan for Fayetteville's south side took another forward step this week as the city's Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of a proposed update to the future land use map. The vote was 3-2, as commissioners Sarah Murphy and Jim Crain voted in favor and Allen Feldman and Kevin Bittinger voted against, forcing Chairman Myron Coxe to break the tie. A previous motion by Bittinger to table the plan failed with the same vote breakdown. "This reminds me of the [Fayette] Pavilion," said Feldman, who noted that he would likely be the "Lone Ranger" in his opinions concerning the new plan, which he thought would make unwanted high-density development more feasible than if the tract is left as is. Plans for the roads will also have to be reworked with considerable widening, Feldman added, saying, "This will be a traffic nightmare." The 389-acre site currently has 101 acres zoned for highway commercial. The future land use map takes all of that away and provides for 95 acres of community commercial, which is considered less intensive. But the proposed update to the map allows for 132 acres of highway commercial, taking the approach that fewer separate projects would take up the space under that zoning and the result would be less piecemeal. The proposed new map also sets aside 17.5 acres for office and business park uses, which do not exist in either the current zoning or the existing future land use map. Coxe pointed out that a significant amount of highway commercial and relatively high-density residential zoning is in place now, which the city cannot control without a master plan. But Feldman said he would prefer to take his chances with the current zoning that accept the proposed changes to the future land use map. "This is detrimental to the city no matter how it is tweaked," said Feldman. The measure will now go the City Council for consideration.
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