Council to discuss garbage restrictions

Fayetteville Council members Nov. 17 will again consider tightening restrictions on the placement of streetside garbage containers.

Also up for consideration is an annexation and rezoning request that would put two 40,000 square-foot medical and professional buildings on Ga. Highway 54 West.

Tabled earlier in November until further research could be done, the council will consider a proposed amendment to the solid waste ordinance requiring that customers remove their garbage containers from the street by 7 a.m. on the day following garbage pickup.

City officials said the proposal was in response to complaints that some customers leave their garbage containers near streetside for several days after pickup.

City engineer Don Easterbrook said the amendment would help enforcement of problems that sometime occur and would help keep streets cleaner and more attractive.

Council member Larry Dell said at a previous meeting he could not support the measure, citing the belief that code enforcement relating to the amendment would be a “nightmare.”

At the same meeting, speaking in favor of the amendment was Council member Walt White, who said he had received more calls this year relating to the problem than he had on any other issue. White said he was behind the amendment 100 percent.

Specific to the amendment is the requirement that customers must place the garbage container at curbside approximately two to four feet from the edge of the roadway. The container must not present a visual or physical obstruction for motorists.

Also at the meeting, the council will consider an annexation and rezoning request involving eight acres along Hwy. 54 between Yorktown Drive and Hickory Avenue for the construction of two 40,000 square-foot medical and professional buildings. The site is across the highway from Fayette Medical Clinic.

Currently the site of Advanced Aesthetics, developer Mike Tallant told Planning and Zoning commissioners Oct. 25 that, if ultimately approved, owner Dr. Paul Feldman would close his Jonesboro office and consolidate his practice in Fayetteville.

Tallant said the project cost would be $7 million for each building, with Advanced Aesthetics occupying 10,000 square feet in the first building constructed. Five thousand square feet of space would be dedicated to an ambulatory surgery center, he said.

The project, he added, would benefit the city on several levels. Talent told commissioners the remainder of the office space would used by medical and other professional organizations and would not house retail businesses.

Planning and Zoning commissioners approved the request Oct. 25.

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