Fayette County commissioners face a rash of rezoning requests tomorrow before closing up shop for 1998, as two of the five officials mark their final days in office following summer election defeats.

With the next scheduled meeting date falling in Christmas week, tomorrow's meeting will be the last one of 1998, unless there is a special called meeting, and will be the last meeting for commissioners Robert Sprayberry and Scott Burrell.

Burrell, who was defeated by Greg Dunn in his bid for reelection this year, is not expected to attend. He underwent surgery last week. Sprayberry ran for state senate and was defeated in the primary.

Ten rezoning or plat amendment requests crowd the commission agenda, including a controversial proposed convenience store near historic Starr's Mill (see related story).

Commissioners also will consider five amendments to the county zoning ordinances, including the much-discussed master plan for communications towers, and faces four additional agenda items under new business and old business.

The group meets at 7 p.m. at the County Administrative Complex.

Among matters the group will consider:

James Randal Holt's controversial request to remove one lot from the recorded plat of Lakeview Estates and rezone the lot O-I (office-institutional). Holt says he can't sell the home because the land abuts Ga. Highway 54, and he wants to use it for office purposes, but the Planning Commission recommended denial, saying the property fronts on a subdivision street and shouldn't be used for offices.

Bobby S. Jackson's request to rezone 135.5 acres on Antioch Road from A-R (agricultural-residential) and R-72 to R-75, a category allowing homes on lots as small as two acres. Jackson wants to develop 53 homes. The Planning Commission and staff are recommending denial, saying the area around the property is predominately developed in five-acre lots.

A petition from Frank Love to extend a cul-de-sac at the end of Antebellum Way and add phases four and five Jeff Davis Plantation. Residents expressed opposition to the plan during last week's Planning Commission meeting, but Love said he has no choice but to complete the project. He had planned to sell the acreage to another developer, but the deal fell through, he said. He promised to build houses in the new section comparable to those in the old. The Planning Commission recommended approval. Love is asking for R-45 zoning for the 33.89 acres to build about 20 homes.

An amendment to the county thoroughfare plan, changing the designation of Pine Trail from a collector street to a local street.

The much-discussed Ga. Highway 85 overlay zone, a set of special design standards by which county officials hope to create a visually attractive entry into the county from Riverdale.