Landmark Christian School could

be on the move from its Fairburn campus, but not anytime soon.

Tomorrow, officials from the

school will travel to Tyrone to seek rezoning for a 95-acre tract on Farr

Road.

Tyrone Town Manager Barry Amos

said school officials want the property's zoning changed from residential

to office-institutional to build a new school.

Amos said the site plan shows

classroom buildings, along with a football stadium, soccer field and practice

fields.

Landmark director of development

Fran Belloir said the school would eventually move all its facilities

to the Tyrone site, but only after going through a 10- to 15-year phase-in

plan.

"We really want to expand

the elementary school, so that's the first thing we would do," she

said.

Currently, the school has two

classes per grade and officials want to move toward four classes per grade,

but there's not enough room at the current location.

"It would take a long

time for everything to be located in Tyrone," she said.

The school currently has 775

students and Belloir said the new facility would allow it to expand to

1,100.

One of the last items built

at the facility would be the football stadium, since the school already

has a stadium in Fairburn.

Landmark, a private school

serving the entire south metro area, moved from Fayetteville to the campus

formerly occupied by Campbell High School in Fairburn more than 10 years

ago.

Other items on the agenda include:

A public hearing on a text

amendment to allow wholesale automobile dealers within the C-2 zoning

category.

A public hearing on an amendment

to development regulations to increase buffers between residential and

other use categories.

A review of the site plan

for lot six in Shamrock Industrial Park.

Thursday's Planning Commission

meeting is set for 7 p.m. at Tyrone Town Hall.

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