Just

hours before a controversial, high-density

rezoning request was to be considered by the

Fayetteville City Council Monday night, the

applicants made a formal request to have the

application withdrawn.

Bob

Adams Homes had planned to put 48 homes on 19.3

acres on Ga. Highway 54 west, across from Du Roc

Cafe and next to Burch Road Office Park, but

nearby residents joined city staff and the

Planning and Zoning Commission in pushing for

denial of the request.

letter from Beverly Holder of Bob Adams Homes was

introduced at the council meeting, dated that

same day. It simply stated that the application

for rezoning from C-3 commercial and R-40

residential to R-15 planned unit development

would not be pursued further. The council voted

to accept the withdrawal and took no further

action.

There

was no reason stated at the meeting for the

applicants' decision, and city officials were not

aware of what their motivation might be.

"That's

all there is," said City Manager Joe Morton

as he gestured at the letter. "You know what

I know."

No

one representing Bob Adams Homes or the property

owners was present at the meeting.

Holder

appeared at the City Council's workshop last week

to plead her case for the application in the face

of denial recommendations from city staff as well

as the Planning Commission.

City

staff has maintained that the proposal does not

conform to the land use plan, which calls for

low-density residential development on the

outskirts of the city. Also, six of the 19.3

acres are now zoned commercial and the land use

plan calls for office uses on that portion.

During

Planning Commission meetings, residents argued

that putting a residential entrance so close to

the traffic light at Burch Road would be

dangerous, adding that other homes in the area

are on much larger lots than Adams Homes

proposed.

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