Tyrone Town Council Thursday agreed to one move that paved the way for a business to stay in the town and another move to distance itself from a Peachtree City man charged with stealing from an area booster club.

A request had been made by Keith May to obtain an Occupational Tax Certificate to establish a light auto repair, paint and body and detail shop in one of the rear bays at Tyrone Tire Company on Senoia Road.

Representing May, Robert Stokley said the Palmetto Road business location had been sold and that a bay behind Tyrone Tire Co. was available. He assured the council that, if approved, bay area would not become cluttered and unsightly.

A potential roadblock to the approval rested on the current zoning for the site. Now zoned C-2, the town’s current Table of Uses states that minor automotive repair is a permitted use for the C-3 zoning category while major automotive repair is a permitted use for the M-2 category. The site as zoned is appropriate for repair work and detailing, as it could be grandfathered for those uses. Called into question was the body work portion of the business.

“While the minor auto repair portion of the business could be considered a ‘grandfathered’ permitted use, an automotive paint and body repair business has not had an occupational tax certificate at that location since 2004, well in excess of the six month grandfathering provision in the zoning ordinance,” Town Manager Barry Amos said in an Aug. 31 memo.

After the discussion and comments from town attorney Brad Sears, a motion was made and unanimously approved grant the request since the facility had previously been used for vehicle repair and body work.

Also at the meeting, the council tasked Amos with coordinating with staff from Peachtree City and Fayette County to draft a letter indicating the town did not want to affiliate itself with USSSA Baseball, a national youth baseball association whose state director, Peachtree City resident Matt Trebuchon, was recently charged with theft by conversion over stealing $9,400 from Booth Middle School Booster Club.

Trebuchon is not a gentleman we are unfamiliar with, said Smola.

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