Landmark Christian

School will find out Thursday if it can build a new school campus in Tyrone.

Late last month,

more than 200 people packed Town Hall and saw the Planning Commission

turn down Landmark's request to rezone a 95-acre tract at Farr Road from

residential to office institutional.

Landmark's

Steve Fincher presented the school's case by telling the Planning Commission

that Landmark had conducted three public meetings with residents near

the property.

Fincher said

Landmark's development schedule is for 15 years, with preschool and elementary

grades being the primary focus of the initial building program.

Eventually,

the school would have preschool through high school with an estimated

1,100 students at the Tyrone campus.

But Eric Allen,

who represented disgruntled homeowners, told the Planning Commission that

Landmark's campus should be closer to Tyrone's town center and not placed

in the middle of a residential area.

"This

doesn't comply with the regional transportation plan," he said.

The Council

is expected to render its decision Thursday.

In other business,

the Council will:

·Conduct

a public hearing on state mandated erosion control ordinances.

·Adopt

the general and capital fund budget for 2001-2002. The total budget is

just over $2.4 million and anticipates no tax increase.

The meeting

starts at 7:30 p.m.

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