new zoning category designed to encourage more

creative mixed use developments will be on the

agenda when Fayette City Council convenes to

night and Monday.

Council

will have a work session tonight and voting

meeting Monday, both meetings at 7 p.m. The

public is invited, and public comment will be

accepted.

City

planning staff originally wrote the PCD (planned

community development) zoning category to replace

the current PUD (planned unit development), but

in discussing hte matter, the Planning Commission

has recommended that only the "mixed

use" section of the PUD category be erased

if the council agrees to create the new type of

zoning.

The

category is designed specifically for large,

master-planned like TheVillage, a proposed

110-acre development that would place 200 homes,

a retail square, two types of offices, a hotel

and several neighborhood parks on Ga. Highway 54

at Tiger Trail.

Master-planned

expense, the project is designed to create an

upscale, pedestrian community in the heart of the

city. City officials hope the result will be a

boost to downtown revitalization efforts, and

will help make the city center a focal point for

community life.

The

PCD category gives developers more leeway to

design projects to fit specific pieces of

property, but also gives teh city more control

over every aspect of the project, according to

planning director Maurice Ungaro.

The

Planning Commission recommended approval of the

new category 4-1, with member Joe Bruschetti

voting against.

Also

on the agenda tonight and Monday will be the

city's annual mid-year budget review, and some

proposed changes to the budget.

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