When

representatives of National Tire and Battery

proposed a store next to Applebee's last year,

the Fayetteville Planning Commission told them

they liked the design of the proposed store, but

the location was wrong.

NTB

is back, asking for approval to build their tire

and auto repair center on an out-parcel of the

new Lowe's home improvement store on Ga. Highway

85 north.

The

Planning Commission will vote on the plan Tuesday

in its monthly business meeting, 7 p.m. at City

Hall.

During

last week's work session, commission members gave

some positive feedback. "This is a far

superior location to the one originally

proposed," commission Chairman Myron Coxe

told NTB's Jim Cross. "You were listening to

the concerns expressed by the commission."

With

minor modifications to the building to address

concerns of the city planning staff, the

company's development plan is expected to be

approved next week.

Also

on the agenda will be:

� A rezoning request from Dell

and Jimmy Walker for a home at 555 Grady Ave.,

across from Bradford Square. "I'd like to

see an office put there if possible," said

Dell Walker during the work session. But

commissioners and staff didn't like the idea.

"It's an area that's supposed to be

residential," said planning director Maurice

Ungaro.

"I

tend to agree wholeheartedly," said Coxe.

"This constitutes spot zoning and is in

variance to the land use plan."

The

Planning Commission's recommendation to approve

or deny the rezoning will go to the City Council

for discussion April 3 and a vote April 17.

� Development plans for two

additional office buildings in Bradford Square

office complex. The buildings would occupy vacant

lots at the center of the complex, which

stretches along Bradford Square from Grady Avenue

to First Manassas Mile Road.

� Gene Barber's request for an

exemption from the city's ordinances governing

impervious surfaces for an addition to an

industrial park on Robinson Way.

site plan for the 11,200-sq. ft. building

proposed for the property was approved in 1995,

but that approval has since expired. Meanwhile,

city requirements have increased. Barber is

asking the commission to use the standards in

place in 1995 to judge his proposed building.

� A request for a similar

variance from Houston "Sonny" Rozelle

for a 9,200-sq. ft. office building on Commerce

Circle. Rozelle is asking that the required

buffer between the site and Greenlea subdivision

next door be reduced from 40 feet to zero., to be

replaced by a fence and planted berm.

� Development plans for Jan

Trammel to use an existing home on North Jeff

Davis Drive as an office. Situated between

Georgia Avenue east and Fenwyck Commons, the

property was rezoned for office use in October

1999.

� Development plans for a

proposed 10,800-sq. ft. building on Kathi Avenue

for ABC Pediatrics. The land is zoned C-1

(commercial).

� A variance to allow a

narrower lot for a proposed 1,200-sq. ft. home on

lot seven of the Jefferson Heights subdivision.

Chuck Clanton Homes is asking to reduce the side

setback from 15 feet to ten feet. Owner Chuck

Clanton said existing homes in the neighborhood

have setbacks as small as five feet.

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