Wednesday, January 22, 2003
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Wednesday, January 22, 2003 |
Southside items tabled by councilBy MONROE
ROARK
As expected, the Fayetteville City Council tabled at last Thursday's meeting every item relating to the southside master plan until Feb. 6. Planning Director Jahnee Prince said that the land use map has already been approved by the Atlanta Regional Commission and state Department of Community Affairs, so there is no need to resubmit it if the proposed amendment is approved. Three parcels included in the plan were posted for first readings last Thursday, and they will also be up for a vote Feb. 6. These tracts, requested for rezoning by Bob Rolader, include seven acres of office-institutional property along Bradley Drive and Jimmie Mayfield Drive, as well as 12 acres of potential commercial land at the intersection of Ga. Highway 92 and the Hwy. 92 connector. Also posted for first reading last week was a rezoning request for Wendy's restaurant on North Glynn Street, to allow an additional drive-through window. The updated city zoning ordinance allows drive-through window in C-3 districts with a special exception, and Wendy's, built before that zoning revision, is zoned C-2. Two recent denials by the city's Planning and Zoning Commission were reversed by the council last week. The first one was the denial of a swimming pool/playground amenity area for the Villages of Lafayette Park. The commission felt that the proposed location, near the main entrance off Tiger Trail, was in a high-visibility area that is incompatible with the overall plan, and they suggested sticking with the passive park originally planned for that site. After hearing an appeal from the developers, the council approved the plan. An application to locate a cheerleading school in an M-1 district near the Soccer Centre, to be exact was also denied by the commission, which said that such uses are already allowed in C-1 through C-4 zonings and there are plenty of places in the city for them to go. But the council ruled in favor of the applicant, and further directed the city attorney to revise the zoning ordinance so that sports and recreation uses can be allowed in an M-1 zoning district with a special exception.
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