pair of local veterinarians in coming months will

build a 3,000-sq. ft. emergency clinic for pets

on Ga. Highway 54 east of Fayetteville.

Bowing

to the wishes of about 50 local pet owners, the

County Commission last week unanimously approved

a change in zoning for 1.57 acres just west of

Banks Road, from a residential category to O-I,

office institutional, for the hospital.

Drs.

David Selleck and Mike Younker said they want to

move their animal emergency clinic from Riverdale

to Fayette, where most of its clients are.

"We

feel this is long overdue in Fayette

County," said Selleck in presenting the plan

recently.

The

clinic would be open nights and weekends, staffed

with at least one veterinarian. All of the

county's veterinarians will be offered a chance

to participate in the clinic, said the pair.

Only

small pets will be admitted - no farm

animals.

Other

planning and zoning matters approved by the

commission last week include:

A proposed change

in the standards for telecommunications towers,

to be sure tower builders can't pile up dirt into

a mound and use that to increase the allowed

height of towers.

Proposed amendments

to the county development regulations. The

regulations cover a variety of technical

requirements for developments, and county

engineers have spent about a year rewriting them,

strengthening or clarifying the language.

Nancy

Cooper's request for a change in zoning from A-R

(agricultural-residential) to M-1 (industrial)

for her 6.18-acre tract on Ga. Highway 85 south,

just north of Price Road, was withdrawn. Cooper

had planned to sell the land to Richard Lawrimore

as a new location for his Atlantic Tape Company

Inc., currently on Ga. Highway 54 east of

Fayetteville.

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