Fayetteville City Council’s first meeting of 2007 might well be memorable for several reasons. Council members will consider approving the Ga. Highway 54 Task Force Concept Plan and will potentially vote on a measure to limit the number of animals per household and consider a rezoning request for the proposed Stella Place subdivision on Grady Avenue.

Approved last month by the Fayette County Commission, the concept plan is intended to address future development of a 2,060-acre area along the Hwy. 54 corridor and areas to the north between Fayetteville and Tyrone Road.

The concept calls for mainly medical/office development along Hwy. 54 with residential development to the north. A small area of commercial and the site of a future high school and possible college-type campus lies in the area of Tyrone Road.

This is an opportunity for master planning of large tracts of land both within the city and the county that will significantly affect growth for both jurisdictions, said Planning Director Eldridge Gunn.

“The compatibility and consistency of growth that can be achieved through this process is preferable over the piecemeal fashion in which the land can presently be developed,” Gunn said. “Staff recommends approval of the concept plan and authorization for staff to continue participating on the Task Force.”

The council will continue the issue limiting households to three dogs and cats. Aimed at a response to recent complaints, the council said last month that such a move would be consistent with requirements already in place in Peachtree City and Fayette County.

Two residents present at the Dec. 7 council meeting took issue with the proposal, citing a number of residents that already have more animals than the proposed change would allow. Another resident questioned whether limiting the number of animals would have a negative effect on residents that provide shelter services in their homes.

The council will also consider a rezoning request slated to develop Stella Place subdivision on 38.15 acres along Grady Avenue across from Fayette Middle School. If approved, the project would be the site of 68 homes of approximately 1,800 square feet.

“This is the last large undeveloped land in the city and we would like it to be the creme de la creme,” Mayor Kenneth Steele said at the Oct. 19 council meeting. “I understand the concept but it looks like the average subdivision. I would really like to see you attack this area with new, visionary ideas.”

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