Residents will probably have a chance to comment on the

plan that Fayette County's government uses to make zoning

decisions during a series of workshop meetings next month.

The county Planning and Zoning Commission will discuss

its strategy for complete review of the land use plan Thursday,

Aug. 20 at 7 p.m. at the County Administrative Complex.

The Board of Commissioners recently directed the

Planning Commission to review five aspects of the plan:

The hospital area. The group will discuss the location and

scale of future commercial, office and residential development.

The Fayette Pavilion area, with discussion centering on

the location and scale of future development.

Environmental concerns. The group will discuss water

quality including pollution, septic systems and erosion control,

and flooding including storm water management, flood plains

and open space, and erosion/sediment control.

Southern Fayette County. The group will study

development around Lake Horton, review current agricultural/estate

districts, and study the areas around Ga. Highway 85, the 85

Connector, Ga. Highway 74 and Starr's Mill.

Text of the land use plan. The planning department

will study the plan's categories, density ranges and formulas with

input from the Planning Commission and private citizens.

Review of the plan is expected to take as long as a year.

Planning Commission members last week decided to discuss

in detail how the process will be approached during next

week's regular workshop meeting. One suggestion was to start with

a series of weekly workshop meetings, some during the day

and some at night, to gather public comment, then name ad hoc

committees to review each area of concern.

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