It was smooth

sailing for four of the five applicants facing the Fayetteville Planning

and Zoning Commission last Tuesday night, as four items were approved

and one tabled for a month in the 45-minute meeting.

A special exception

request from Guthrie and Golden Development for a car wash on North Glynn

Street in the Main Street District was tabled until February. City staff

had previously recommended denial of the special exception, saying that

there are other car washes in the area and it would be difficult to find

an alternative use for the site if it were developed as a car wash and

then abandoned.

The request

to table was made by the applicant, who said he wanted time to take direction

from the city and make whatever changes needed to be made. The commission

had no problem with that request and voted to table the item.

In other business,

a variance was granted for a residential lot in Highland Park subdivision

for a setback encroachment. The foundation for the residence at the lot

in question was poured before a new building ordinance was enacted requiring

foundation checks before continuing construction. When the foundation

was checked, it encroached 39 inches into the western side yard setback.

City staff

recommended approval of the variance, and it was given, with commissioners

noting that no house has been built on the adjoining lot where the encroachment

takes place.

Compass Financial

Services requested rezoning from R-30 (residential) to O&I (office-institutional)

for 335 North Jeff Davis Drive. The property, identified as Downtown Mixed

use on the Future Land Use Map, is surrounded by offices and small shops

similar to what the applicant proposes, and the commission voted to recommend

approval. The City Council will consider the rezoning request at its Feb.

1 meeting.

World Gym presented

rear elevations for its new location in the Fayette Corners shopping center,

in the space formerly occupied by Winn Dixie. The owners asked to add

seven windows to the rear face of the building, and with city staff recommending

approval, saying that the site is already properly buffered from surrounding

residential property to give sufficient privacy, the commission agreed.

Larry's Subs

presented development plans for its proposed restaurant at 305 North Glynn

Street (Ga. Highway 85), at the southwest corner of East Georgia Avenue

next to Carolyn Ford.

A new drawing

was presented showing changes in the parking lot, in response to concerns

about traffic coming and going from the highway. Commissioners pointed

out at the workshop meeting that traffic is much heavier now than when

the building in question was constructed, and this could present problems

for motorists.

In the newest

proposal, the entrance nearest the corner is closed, leaving one access

point from Hwy. 85 and another from East Georgia Avenue in the corner

of the lot farthest from the highway. The developer said that he wished

to continue working with the city on landscaping and other items.

The development

plan was approved with conditions that landscaping be approved by city

staff and heating/air conditioning units be properly screened.

When asked

when the restaurant would be open, the developers responded enthusiastically,

"As soon as possible."