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Home Depot is asking

the Fayetteville Planning Commission to approve plans for

an addition so the store can store larger items in

its new tool rental service.

The request

will be among a dozen items on the commission's agenda

during its regular business meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. at

City Hall.

During a

recent work session to discuss Tuesday's agenda,

commission member Allan Feldman said he is opposed to any

expansion at Home Depot because the company is in

violation of city laws concerning outside storage.

"I

will be totally against this entire concept until such

time as Home Depot will provide a guarantee of some sort

to [clean up] the outside storage," said Feldman.

A spokesman

for the company declined to comment specifically on

Feldman's complaints, but said store representatives have

walked the property with city inspectors and have

complied with the city's regulations.

Fire Chief

Alan Jones said it's true the store has been cited in the

past, but he said store officials have corrected those

problems.

The company

wants to build a small addition at the rear of its

Fayette Pavilion store for storage of rental items. The

additional outside storage bin, which would have no roof,

is needed for large items like ladders, said Arthur

Gibert of Home Depot's architecture firm, Greenberg

Farrow.

A new tire and auto

repair shop is slated for an out-parcel in front of

the new Lowe's home improvement store on Ga. Highway 85

north.

Fayetteville's

Planning Commission will rule on the National Tire and

Battery development plans Tuesday at 7 p.m. at City Hall.