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F’ville Council eyes 62-acre Pye Lake rezoning

By BEN NELMS
bnelms@TheCitizen.com

A brief agenda at the Sept. 15 of Fayetteville City Council is slated to include the first reading of a request by Scarbrough and Rolader development company to rezone 6.2 acres at Pye Lake Estates from R-22 to R-22 PUD.

The rezoning request calls for the development of 12 residential lots along Hood Avenue and will allow the city to address structural problems with Pye Lake dam and previously identified downstream flooding issues, according to a Sept. 1 memo by City Planner Eldridge Gunn.

The underlying R-22 zoning will not change, Gunn said. The added PUD zoning designation simple allows the residential lots to be developed in a way that will preserve and protect Pye Lake, he said.

Plans for the development show all but two of the residential lots completely fronting Hood Avenue. The two remaining lots and a portion of a third lot will front Pye Lake Drive, a new street to be constructed along the west side of the development.

Concerning earlier questions over whether the developer or the city would be responsible for constructing Pye Lake Drive, developer Robert Rolader told Planning and Zoning commissioners last month that his company would be responsible for the work.

Paving would occur down to the cul-de-sac area adjacent to the southernmost lot along Pye Lake Drive once the dam mitigation work is completed. Pye Lake Drive will provide access for mitigation equipment. Paving prior to the completion of mitigation would cause significant damage to the street.

Pye Lake Estates development plans call for a minimum lot width of 70 feet and a minimum house size of 2,300 square feet with at least 1,200 square feet on the first floor. Existing structures on the property will be removed, per the agreement.

The city has applied for a $1 million FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant to make the needed improvements to the dam as specified by the Safe Dams program.

An item related to the project that surfaced at a Planning and Zoning meeting by a local resident questioned whether the public will have access to the lake since it will be city-owned, along with a 3.16-acre tract situated on the southeast side of the development.

The council will be asked Thursday to approve a list of surplus items for auction at Nationwide Auction Oct. 1 in Riverdale. If approved, the auction would include surplus items such as computers, monitors, keyboards, file cabinets, office furniture and a 1994 Ford Ranger pickup truck.

Also scheduled for the meeting is the adoption of an ordinance following the customary practice of allowing Fayette County to conduct the Fayetteville city election Nov. 8.