By DAVE HAMRICK
Staff Writer

Integrated Science and Engineering will get no help from the Fayette County Planning Commission in its quest to build a 61-home subdivision on 155 acres on Goza Road at Old Greenville Road.

After hearing from protesting neighbors, the Planning Commission Thursday unanimously voted to recommend denial of the request to rezone the property from A-R, which requires five-acre lots, to R-75, which allows two-acre lots.

Among residents who oppose the change in zoning are two families that recently asked for rezoning so they could split their land between more family members, and were denied.

“My son was going to build on four and a half acres,” said David Richardson, “and we had to make different arrangements and provide him with five acres.” The county should be consistent and deny this request as well, he said.

Jean Allen told a similar story, echoing the same sentiment.

Scott Bodkin, presenting the subdivision plan for ISE, said the plan is not contrary to the county's land use plan for the Goza Road area. “The density is .42 units per acre, and that's within the current land use plan,” he said.

But Planning Commission Chairman Bob Harbison pointed out that the land use plan calls for a range between two-acre and five-acre lots for the general area.

He said in this case, the proposed subdivision site is surrounded by estates with five acres or more.

Commission member Fred Bowen agreed. “Even three acres [per lot] dramatically changes the nature of the area,” he said. “Five acres certainly is in keeping with the residences in the area.

The group unanimously agreed, recommending denial of the petition.

The County Commission will consider the request at its Aug. 26 regular business meeting, 7 p.m. at the County Administrative Complex.

Also on the agenda will be:

ä David and Ruthie Gryboski's request to rezone just under an acre on Ga. Highway 54 from A-R to O-I (office-institutional). Audrey Massey, real estate agent for Gryboski, said Gryboski wants to convert the rental house on the property to a medical office building. Gryboski has a practice in digestive disorders and liver problems, and is on staff at Fayette Community Hospital, she said.

Planning commissioners unanimously recommended approval.

ä Larry Mayfield's request to rezone 4.9 acres on Hwy. 54 from R-70 (residential) to O-I for a medical office building. The land is just west of Fayette Community Hospital. Dr. Gerald Goldklang wants to move his cancer and blood disorders practice to the property, said Massey, also the agent for Mayfield.

Planning commissioner Fred Bowen said he has been to Goldklang's current office and has been impressed with the surroundings. “He's been able to make those visits as pleasant as possible,” he said. Commissioners unanimously recommended approval of the rezoning.

ä Sarah Rivers' request to rezone her 184-acre farm on Sandy Creek Road from R-70 to A-R. The Fayette County government is the petitioner on Rivers' behalf. The land was rezoned to R-70 in a mass rezoning in the 1970s, and Rivers asked for the change so her family can have a new pole barn on the farm. The Planning Commission recommended approval.

Several changes to county zoning ordinances, including new architectural standards for land along Ga. Highway 74. Just over two tenths of a mile on Hwy. 74 lies in Fayette County outside the Tyrone town limits, and the changes will provide for an office park setting in keeping with Tyrone's special standards for the area.

The Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval.