Fayetteville

planners will discuss the future of a crucial

piece of downtown property again Tuesday night.

Members

of the city Planning Commission will consider

whether to recommend that the former McElwaney

property, at Ga. Highway 54 and Tiger Trail,

become the first project to receive the planned

community district zoning designation.

Developers

Bob Rolader and Brent Scarbrough hope to build

The Village, an ambitious mixed-use project that

includes more than 200 homes, a neighborhood

shopping area, two office complexes, a hotel and

a series of neighborhood parks on the 110-acre

site.

The

proposal has been through the wringer since a

city consultant designed it over a year ago. City

Council agreed to pay a consultant to master-plan

the McElwaney site to set the tone for future

downtown development and, after months of

discussion and a subsequent reduction in density,

council approved the basic concept last May.

After

that, developers Rolader and Scarbrough set to

work refining the plan and engineering the

project to fit the site. Last fall they again

approached the Planning Commission with the

finished project, requesting PCD, at that time a

proposed new zoning category, for it.

PCD

is intended to encourage creative design of

mixed-use developments, and gives the city more

control over the details of such projects.

City

Council Monday conducted first reading of the new

category, with plans to vote on it March 20.

Meanwhile, the Planning Commission has held up

rezoning for The Village, asking the developers

for a traffic study before a vote is taken.

Plans

for two traffic lights on Hwy. 54, and a third at

Tiger Trail and Ga. Highway 85, may inhibit

traffic flow, commissioners say, and the number

of cars going in and our of The Village may cause

even more problems, they say.

In

addition to The Village, the Planning

Commission's 11-item agenda for Tuesday includes

a request for office zoning for Dell and Jimmy

Walker for 555 Grady Avenue; amendments to the

city sign ordinance; proposed changes to the

elevation for Home Depot, and development plans

for a National Tire and Battery store at 1110 Ga.

Highway 85 north.

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