The Fayetteville Planning and

Zoning Commission will have little trouble next Tuesday with this month's

agenda, judging from the activity at last week's work session.

Plans for a restaurant, a car

wash and a gym are among items on the agenda.

All five applications were

met with minimal discussion, and each was told simply by Chairman Myron

Coxe, "See you in two weeks."

Planning director Maurice Ungaro

confirmed this week that all of the requests were being processed in a

relatively smooth fashion, and there were no major points of contention.

The January agenda is as follows:

Olde Towne Builders Inc. requested

a variance for a lot in phase one of Highland Park subdivision off South

Jeff Davis Drive.

The builders poured the foundation

for the residence prior to a new building ordinance requiring foundation

checks before continuing construction, according to city staff. When the

new foundation was checked, it encroached into the western side yard setback

(15 feet for this planned unit development) by 39 inches.

Staff recommended approval

of the variance.

Guthrie & Golden Development

Company requested a special exception for a site on Ga. Highway 85 south

to install a car wash in a C-3 zoning district.

The developer plans to extend

its Main Street Square project onto the vacant lot between the Sherwin

Williams center and the Merlin Muffler site, city staff reported. The

property is within the city's Main Street district.

Staff recommended denial of

the request. Ungaro reported that there is already a full-serve car wash

as well as two self-serve operations in the area, with an application

for another already in the works. If the site is developed this way and

later abandoned, it would be difficult to find an alternative use, he

added.

Compass Financial Services

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

for property at 335 North Jeff Davis Drive.

Neighboring uses include a

crafts shop, a surgical clinic and a floral shop, city staff reported.

The site is identified as Downtown Mixed Use on the Future Land Use map.

Staff recommended approval

of the rezoning.

Larry's Subs of Atlanta Inc.

submitted its development plan for the building and lot at the southwest

corner of Ga. Highway 85 and East Georgia Avenue.

This site, formerly a restaurant,

has been vacant for several years, Ungaro said this week. An alternative

use was considered by another developer at one time, but taking out all

of the restaurant equipment would prove too costly. "We're glad a

restaurant is going in there," he said.

The applicant plans to use

the existing structure and facilities in their entirety, according to

city staff. Renovations to the building will include a completely bricked

exterior, in continuity with the Main Street Square development as well

as the Courthouse Square area in the Historic District.

Parking and landscaping issues

are still being developed. Some concern was expressed by planning commissioners

about the drive-through lane, which was built years ago when traffic on

the highway and side street were not at all comparable to the volume that

exists now. "This was designed when you could walk across Hwy. 85,"

said commissioner Allen Feldman.

The developers and the city

are looking at ways to make the drive-through more traffic-friendly, along

with the potential problem of having one of the exits to the property

so close to East Georgia Avenue.

World Gym at 931 North Glynn

Street submitted rear building elevations for its new site, in the old

Winn Dixie location near where Hobby Lobby now sits.

The applicant wants to add

seven windows on the rear face of the building, city staff reported. With

the area already buffered properly to maintain privacy with regard to

neighboring residents, city staff recommended approval of that request.