Wednesday, April 23, 2003
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Wednesday, April 23, 2003 |
No comments about west Fayetteville rezoningBy JOHN MUNFORD There were no public comments Thursday night on a proposed rezoning initiated by Fayetteville city staff to clear up mistakes on legal descriptions for a 50-acre tract of land across Ga. Highway 54 from Fayette Community Hospital. The City Council went through the first reading on the measure at its regular meeting Thursday night. It must be brought up for a second reading before it can be voted on by council. No new development is proposed for the area, which is the location of the former Emory Clinic building. The property was zoned as two different tracts in 1988, one tract being C-3 highway commercial and the other being R-P residential professional. But mistakes were made on the legal descriptions making it unclear where one tract ends and another begins, according to city staff. Director of Planning and Zoning Jahnee Prince said the city attorney advised it would be best to clear up the errors by conducting a rezoning of the property. There is also a creek on the property which would "provide a nicer transition between the two zoning districts," Prince said. The rezoning would actually shrink the amount of commercially-zoned property to 21.17 acres while increasing the amount of residentially-zoned property to 29.25 acres. That will be more compatible with other residential properties in the area, Prince has said. The rezoning has been approved by the city's planning and zoning commission. The residential professional zoning classification allows any use permitted in single family residential districts in addition to the other following uses, with some restrictions: Offices providing professional services; Hospitals, medical and dental clinics and doctor's offices; Nursing, convalescent, assisted living and care homes; Day care or kindergarten facilities; Orphanages and care homes; Public and private educational institutions offering general education courses; and Art and photography studios and offices of interior decorators.
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