|
|
|
Time limit proposed for special exceptions in Fayetteville By JOHN MUNFORD A proposal to the Fayetteville City Council would end a perk for developers by limiting the amount of time a special exception for a zoning classification is effective. The city’s planning and zoning department is recommending an ordinance change that would allow for special exceptions to be valid for 365 days. Currently, there is no expiration date on special exceptions, which, among other things, can be sought to place a drive-through window, gas station or car wash in certain commercial districts. Approved development plans already are valid for up to two years and would not be changed by the new ordinance, officials said. Councilman Al Hovey-King said he thought 24 months might be too long for development plans to linger on the table. Allan Feldman, who is on the city’s planning and zoning commission, said he felt 12 months is a good time frame for development plans, particularly since some plans can cancel out each other. For example, he said, a developer planning to build a restaurant serving alcohol would keep someone from building a school on an adjacent vacant lot and vice versa, Feldman noted.
|
||