The Fayette County Planning Commission will have a public hearing Aug. 5 to consider special development standards for the Ga. Highway 74 corridor and changes in county rules for building homes on cul de sacs.

The Hwy. 74 overlay ordinance would require more landscaping and less paved surface than ordinary county standards, and is designed to make the highway corridor more scenic. The Planning Commission is considering the new standards at the request of the town of Tyrone, which earlier enacted its own special standards designed to create a visually pleasant atmosphere in the town's main corridor.

Most of the corridor is within Tyrone's town limits. Only about two tenths of a mile remains in unincorporated Fayette County, and the proposed county overlay would apply only to that section.

The commission also is considering changes to its street frontage regulations, stating that no more than four home sites can be situated on a cul de sac, and that any lot with more than 50 percent of its road frontage abutting the turn around portion of a cul de sac would be considered a cul de sac lot.

If the Planning Commission votes to recommend the changes, the Fayette County Commission will have a public hearing Aug. 22 to consider whether to adopt them.