With

62 new office units already approved last month,

Fayetteville's Planning Commission is

contemplating a proposal for 66 more this month.

Commission

members last week said they aren't opposed to

plans for an office park on 17 acres next to the

Board of Education offices on the south side of

West Lanier Avenue, but they would be more

comfortable with the project if developers had

the property rezoned to match its intended use.

They

asked developer Sunflower Properties Inc. to

consider a zoning change before bringing their

proposal to the commission for a vote next

Tuesday. The vote is scheduled for 7 p.m. at City

Hall.

The

proposed Magnolia Park complex is right across

the street from the master-planned McElwaney

property, and commissioners said they want to

make sure nothing in the area detracts from plans

for a Charleston-style neo-traditional

neighborhood on the 110-acre McElwaney tract.

"In

my opinion, the engine that's driving this train

is the McElwaney property," said commission

Chairman Bill Talley during last week's work

session. The city recently hired consultants to

master-plan the McElwaney tract in order to set

the tone for the area, which is near

Fayetteville's historic downtown.

What

concerns the planning group is that the property

is currently zoned C-2 (commercial). Although

Sunflower Properties plans to build

residential-style office buildings and offer them

to small professional entrepreneurs, future

tenants could alter the units for more intense

commercial activity, said commission members.

Billy

Brundage of Integrated Science, engineers for the

project, mentioned the possibility of putting

rear storage spaces in some of the buildings, and

commission members said that intensifies their

concerns. Commissioner Allan Feldman said one

office complex nearby has deteriorated into

almost industrial activity because of loading

docks and storage space in the office buildings.

"Anytime you have an office building with a

roll-up door it kind of triggers the memory of

that thing," he said.

Brundage

said Sunflower hopes to create a pleasant,

residential-style office park, with a lake and

large green areas if the firm can get federal

approval to use a portion of a wetland on the

property for the lake.

Having

the property rezoned from C-2 to O-I

(office-institutional) would alleviate their

concerns, commissioners said.

vote on the development plan is scheduled for

Tuesday at 7 p.m. at City Hall.

Among

other items on the agenda:

� Development plans and a

special exception for a National Tire and Battery

shop in Fayetteville Retail Center on Banks Road

between Ga. highways 314 and 85. An Eckerd super

store and Applebee's Restaurant are already

slated for the eight-acre site, and developer JDN

had planned a Chuck-E-Cheese restaurant as well,

but withdrew the plan when commissioners objected

to the proposed number of parking spaces.

The

NTB would occupy the site planned for the

Chuck-E-Cheese, but commissioners said at last

week's work session that they don't like the idea

of mixing auto repair work with restaurants.

"It

was presented to us as restaurants," said

commission member Myron Coxe. "I think

personally that's the way we ought to go with

it."

� Development plans for the

Fayetteville Church of Christ on Redwine Road

between Ramah and Price roads. During the work

session, commissioners asked church

representatives to consider decorative fencing at

the front of the site, and turning a water runoff

detention area into a water feature.

� Revised development plans

for an addition to Main Street Square shopping

center at Ga. Highway 85 and LaFayette Avenue.

Plans for the addition were approved in May, but

owners now want to add a 20- by 36-foot covered

patio.