A controversial plan to put 100 homes on 20 acres in south Fayetteville is off the table.

Owners Don and Mary Alice Odom have withdrawn their rezoning request and are no longer working with developer Bob Adams to gain approval of the proposed "empty-nester" neighborhood, said Dan Odom, the couple's son.

"We're working on an alternate plan," Odom told City Council during a work session last week in preparation for a vote on the rezoning request Monday. "We're close to bringing another proposal," he added.

Longtime Fayetteville residents, the Odoms have been approached by dozens of developers in recent years, he said, and presented the Adams plan because they thought it was the best one. After the proposal was met with vehement neighborhood opposition, the owners decided to try again, he said.

"We've got a real concern for the city and want to do the best thing for the city," he said.

In other zoning action Monday, Council again delayed action on Hayes Development Corp.'s annexation and rezoning request for a bank and office building on Ga. Highway 54 near Fayette Community Hospital.

Council has held up the request for two months, insisting that the company negotiate an agreement with the hospital board to share a driveway on Sandy Creek Road with the facility. Hayes Monday said hospital director Darrell Cutts has promised to work out a formal agreement for shared access, but council members insisted on having that agreement in hand before approving the project.

"The inter-parcel access is what makes the project work," said Councilman Kenneth Steele. "Once it's annexed, it comes under our code, and our code does not require inter-parcel access."

Councilmen also told Hayes they need a formal development agreement with details of the project before giving approval, which sparked an expression of frustration from Hayes. "That's the first I've heard of that," he said. "Every time we [appear before council] something new comes up," he said.