Fayetteville's

Planning Commission isn't yet ready to say what

zoning category a psychic should operate in.

"Did

he call us yet and tell us what the answer was

going to be?" quipped commission Chairman

Bill Talley during last week's meeting.

The

city currently doesn't list psychic services as

one of the allowed uses in any of its zoning

categories, but a New York psychic recently

phoned City Hall to ask for guidance in finding a

suitable location, said city planner Jahnee

Prince.

Wherever

entertainment activities are allowed would be the

best categories to use for psychics, said Talley.

"It's not a personal service. They're not

allowed to advertise themselves that way,"

he said.

"If

we're going to have a psychic, we should have

them in a strip shopping center that already

exists, not in a house that happens to be on [Ga.

Highway] 85," he added.

Talley

argued for a very narrow interpretation, allowing

psychics in only the most intense commercial

categories, but commission member Segis Lipscomb

said that would be too restrictive, suggesting

that the service be allowed in all commercial

zoning.

The

group tabled the matter for further thought and

research by the planning staff, and will discuss

it again at its May 11 work session, 7 p.m. at

City Hall.

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