The developers

of the proposed Village multi-use development on the west side of Fayetteville

have hit a snag that they say requires a zoning change, but the Fayetteville

Planning and Zoning Commission is not in a hurry to accomodate them yet.

Walt Rekuc

told the commission at last week's workshop that a change in standards

regarding wetlands and streambed encroachment has necessitated an update

in the plan for the Village, a 110-acre site on the north side of Ga.

Highway 54 south of Fayette County High School.

Standards regarding

stream impacts have been reduced from 500 to 300 feet, Rekuc said, making

a portion of his plan unworkable in its current state.

The Village

is a proposed "neighborhood" development that would combine

residential, office and commercial sites in a single plan amid a number

of parks and other amenities in an attempt to create an attractive "live,

work and play" development.

Rekuc's revised

plan has relocated two or three commercial structures farther west toward

the office park in the southwest corner of the property, and added a right-in,

right-out entrance onto Hwy. 54. The initial Hwy. 54 access point has

been reworked to connect with an office development going up on the opposite

side of the highway.

A city staff

evaluation recommended approval of the request, on the condition that

the two connections between the commercial village and the office park

be maintained. A city staff memo cited no adverse effects from the proposed

rezoning change, which would be from Planned Community District (PCD)

to PCD Masterplan Amendment.

But members

of the Planning and Zoning Commission wanted to see what other steps could

be taken to work through the wetlands problem.

Rekuc said

getting approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could take from

several months to a couple of years, and he added that even then it would

not be a sure thing.

"If I

ask for their approval, the first thing they're going to do is ask me

what other options I have," such as getting city approval for these

suggested changes, he said.

Rekuc said

Monday that he is trying to arrange a meeting with the Corps of Engineers,

and will report back to the Planning and Zoning Commission at next Tuesday's

meeting.