Developer P.K. Dixon will stand before the Fayetteville City Council tonight and again next Monday, possibly firing the last shots in a zoning battle that has lasted almost a year.

Fayetteville officials say Dixon's plan to put 150 homes, a nature preserve and an industrial park on 370 acres at the end of Burch Road is a good plan, but lack of a good way in and out of the subdivision has sent the developer and a group of protesting neighbors through a seemingly endless series of hearings that started last November.

The city Planning Commission last month voted to recommend denial of Dixon's request to annex a portion of his proposed development that is outside the city and change the zoning of the entire parcel to match his plan.

Council will discuss that recommendation tonight during its regular work session, 7:30 p.m. at City Hall, then will consider taking action on the request during its business meeting Monday, also at 7:30.

Planning commissioners rejected Dixon's latest plan to divide traffic into the proposed development. He proposed to extend a street through a John Wieland Homes development off Redwine Road to provide access from the south, and to extend Burch Road off Ga. Highway 54 to provide access from the north.

Burch Road residents have steadfastly opposed extending their road. The extension would destroy a cul-de-sac at the road's current end, and residents say they bought their homes with the understanding that the cul-de-sac would be permanent.

Dixon has filed a lawsuit seeking to have the cul-de-sac extended regardless of whether his development plan is approved.

He says the cul-de-sac was built without his knowledge, cutting off a road that originally extended through his property.

City officials talked to Fayette County officials about the idea of using county park land along Gingercake Creek for a road into the subdivision, but the county has its own plans for a nature preserve and hiking trails on that parcel. The property is a buffer between the county's landfill on First Manassas Mile Road and nearby homes.

Access to the industrial portion of the property is not a problem. It fronts on First Manassas Mile Road next to the city's water and sewer facilities.

In other business at tonight's workshop, council will:

Consider adopting a resolution in support of a proposed new comprehensive plan and sending the plan on to the Atlanta Regional Commission for its approval.

The plan envisions a city that will grow from today's population of about 10,000 to about 24,000 over the next 15 years or so, and includes a land use plan and zoning laws designed to maintain a small town atmosphere while providing housing "for every stage in life."

Fayetteville probably will annex hundreds of acres, offering sewer and other municipal services to residents, in order to reach the projected population. The projection is based on the city's sewer capacity. The plan also envisions low density zoning in the outer portions of the city, with high-density subdivisions and multifamily housing in the center.

Both commercial and office uses are expected to grow in targeted nodes around major intersections.

Consider a request from Stan Thomas, developer of Fayette Pavilion, to reduce buffer requirements so he can put three restaurants on a Pavilion out-parcel, including Ryan's and O'Charley's.

The request was turned down by the Planning Commission, and Thomas has filed a formal appeal of that decision.

Vote on an amendment to zoning ordinances that would allow developer Alex Thompson to build condominiums rather than apartments on his property off Ga. Highway 54 east next to Weatherly Walk apartments. His original plan called for apartments, but he offered to build condominiums instead if the law could be changed to allow the density he wants.

Officials favor the condominium plan as a "step-down" between apartments on one side and single family homes on the other.

Consider a resident's request that the city abandon old right of way at the intersection of Ga. Highway 314 and White Road. The intersection was recently realigned so that the land in question is no longer part of the road.

Since Anita Davis' mother originally donated the right of way for the road, it's only fair for the city to give up the land now that it's no longer needed, said a letter from Davis' lawyer.