Wednesday, March 10, 1999 |
changes in zoning laws
By DAVE HAMRICK
Staff Writer
Fayetteville will be a greener city if changes
to the city's zoning ordinances are adopted Monday.
Council will consider a laundry list of changes during its work session tonight at 7 p.m. and
its business meeting Monday at 7 p.m., both at
City Hall.
Among proposed changes to the ordinance is an increase in the amount of green space required
for commercial developments. Currently, 75 percent
of the development can be impervious (paved) surfaces, with 25 percent green space. If adopted,
the new ordinance will require a 60-40 split.
The historic Main Street district would be exempted, though, because most of the building lots
in that area are too small to conform.
Another new section to the ordinance is likely
to engender some controversy. One provision prohibits parking commercial vehicles in residential
areas overnight.
City planner Jahnee Prince said she is recommending that council strike that part of the
proposed ordinance, which was adapted from existing laws
in other communities. "If we approve that, then the
city should provide parking lots for commercial
vehicles for people who are self-employed," she said.
The provision would apply to commercial vehicles with more than four wheels.
Included in the same proposed section are
limits on the number of vehicles that can be parked
overnight on a residential lot.
A four-bedroom home could have no more than six vehicles.
It's a way of preventing over-occupancy of
homes, said Prince.
A new corridor ordinance governing state highways and Jimmy Mayfield Boulevard would
require planted buffers along the highways, more
space between driveways and other touches designed
to create a more parklike appearance, Prince said. Modeled after a similar ordinance in
Beaufort County, S.C., the law also includes architectural
and lighting requirements.
Also included in the proposed changes are
myriad clarifications and editing changes, said Prince.
Council also will discuss annexation and rezoning for a medical professional park on Ga.
Highway 54 near Fayette Community Hospital. Being
developed by Hayes Development Corp., the project
will include a two-story medical office building and
a bank site.
Greg Alvarez's request for rezoning at 265 N. Jeff Davis Drive for another medical office park
also is on the agenda.
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