Stripped

of its most controversial elements,

Fayetteville's proposed new sign ordinance will

sit on a shelf for two more weeks before City

Council acts on it.

Following

a work session last week that saw several

revisions to the ordinance, council members got

their first look at a cleaned up final version

just hours before their meeting Monday. "I

want some time to further review it," said

Councilman Al Hovey-King after making a motion to

table the matter.

Gone

from the proposed ordinance are provisions that

would have limited the number of American flags a

business could fly and would have prohibited

lighted signs altogether.

Provisions

restricting the use of window signs also have

been stricken from the proposed law.

The

changes were recommended by the city Planning

Commission, but Mayor Kenneth Steele said when

the council recently asked the commission and the

planning staff to revamp the sign ordinance,

minor revisions and clarification were all the

council wanted.

Council

Monday also continued to table two other matters

that have occupied a good bit of the city's time

in recent months: a rezoning request for The

Village mixed use development and a proposal to

revert the earlier rezoning of a small parcel on

Ga. Highway 54 east.

Developers

Bob Rolader and Brent Scarbrough are asking for

Fayetteville's newest zoning category, PCD

(planned community development), for 110 acres at

Ga. Highway 54 and Tiger Trail.

Plans

for an upscale village of 203 homes, plus a

shopping area, class A office complex, a

hotel/conference center and parks have been

discussed for a year and a half, and the result

of all that discussion - a complex

development agreement between the city and the

developers - is now in the hands of city

staff and the City Council.

Council

members are optimistic that the matter will be

resolved at their next meeting, May 15. The

proposal will be discussed May 10 at a work

session in hopes of voting May 15. Both meetings

are at 7 p.m. at City Hall.

Council

has delayed acting on a reversal of its earlier

decision to grant office-institutional zoning for

the Landrum property on Hwy. 54 while citations

against the owners for using the property in ways

contrary to the zoning are resolved in court.

Mayor

Steele said Monday the city's attorneys are

working with the owners' attorneys this weeks in

hopes of resolving the situation out of court.

"It

appears it will be resolved in a manner

beneficial to the city," he said. Council

tabled the matter again, until May 15.

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