By DAVE HAMRICK
Staff Writer

Apple Orchard

• 50 homes on 20 acres.

• Two parks, including a lake.

• Rear-facing garages.

• Service alleyways behind homes.

• Priced $170,000 and up; minimum 1,700 square feet.

Future residents of Apple Orchard, a 50-home subdivision planned on 20 acres just south of downtown Fayetteville, will be able to enjoy a small park, complete with a gazebo and a small waterfall, next to a lake on the property, plus an additional park at the center of the development.

Fayetteville's Planning Commission last week approved a site plan for the development, clearing the way for builder Bob Dixon to start work.

City Council approved a zoning change to allow Apple Orchard in September, following negotiations that lasted most of 1999. Original plans called for more than 100 empty nester homes.

Homes in the neo-traditional neighborhood will be a minimum of 1,700 square feet in size and $170,000 in price. Among features of the subdivision will be rear-facing garages served by alleyways behind the homes.

Dixon hopes to have lots for sale by summer.

In other action last week, the commission approved a change in the common area plan for Stanley Oaks subdivision on White Road. The original plan showed a small trail and picnic tables across a small creek from a cul de sac in the subdivision.

Under the new plan, developers will build a pavilion instead of scattered tables, and the park will be moved to the near side of the creek.