More commercial and office development is on the way to Fayetteville.

The city Planning Commission last week approved a preliminary plat for one office complex and recommended City Council approval of zoning and annexation for another. The group also approved development plans for a Toys R Us, a Valvoline oil change facility and a lawyer's home office.

Commissioners, meeting well past midnight to act on a 19-item agenda, also recommended City Council approval of zoning for an office building downtown, and approved new landscape plans for a medical office building next to Fayette Community Hospital.

Devant Park subdivision, a 7.1-acre office development at Gingercake Road and Devant Street just off Ga. Highway 54 east, can proceed to the next step with commission approval of its preliminary plat.

Commissioners approved the plat 3-1, with Allan Feldman opposed, with the condition that lots share driveways wherever possible.

Hayes Development Corp.'s request that the city annex 3.9 acres next to Fayette Community Hospital and rezone the property O-I (office-institutional) will go to City Council with a "yes" recommendation.

Myron Coxe voted against the request, which passed the commission 3-1. "I see no overriding need to annex," said Coxe, but Hayes representative Becky Morris said the project needs city water and sewerage.

Hayes' plan includes using 1.5 acres out of the 3.9-acre tract for a bank, with the remainder divided between two office buildings. The company plans "some real high-quality office buildings for medical offices," said Lane Brown, real estate agent for the property.

Toys R Us architects presented new development plans for a 40,000-sq. ft. store in Fayette Pavilion, overcoming previous objections from the commission. The new plans have more brick and less stucco than previous ones, and provide for a parapet roof that will screen rooftop equipment from sight. The store will be between Tinseltown movie complex and Pier One.

Valvoline's development plan for an oil change facility on Ga. Highway 314 sailed to approval without objection, though the Planning Commission had previously rejected a special exception to allow the facility in a neighborhood commercial district.

City Council recently reversed the commission and approved the special exception. Commissioners said they liked the development plan all along, though they disapproved of the plans of Group VI Corp. to build the facility next to a residential area.

The group unanimously approved Douglas and Glenn Howell's plans to remodel a home at 605 East Lanier Ave. and use it as both a residence and an office. Glenn Howell plans to live in the family home place and operate his law practice.

Mary and John Ronas want to change the zoning of their burned-out home next to First Baptist Church, at 170 Johnson Ave., from residential to O-I (office-institutional). They decided not to rebuild the historic home after fire destroyed it recently, said a spokesman for the couple, and the office zoning will make the property easier to sell.

Commissioners voted to recommend approval of the Ronas' request with Coxe opposed. He said a he would be more comfortable with the request if a development plan were attached.

The Ronas request and the Hayes medical office plan will go to City Council Jan. 4 fora first reading, with action planned for Jan. 18 at 7 p.m.

Medical Office Center, formerly known as the Apex building, is under construction in front of Fayette Community Hospital, and a spokesman said current developers want to revise the landscape plan "to loosen the rhythmic tin soldier display of plants around the parking lot."