The Banks Road corridor between

Ga. highways 85 and 314 has new restaurants in the works, and one of those

got development plan approval Tuesday night from the Fayetteville Planning

and Zoning Commission.

Sonny's Bar-B-Q got approval

of its development plan as well as a special exception for a drive-through

window at its site, on the southeast corner of Banks Road and Hwy. 314,

behind Eckerd and a short walk from Applebee's.

A representative of the developer

said that construction is scheduled to begin this fall and the restaurant

should be open before Christmas, weather permitting.

Chuck E. Cheese is also making

plans for a restaurant on the same block as Sonny's, but that development

plan was tabled Tuesday. The developers are working with city staff to

iron out details for future approval.

Just up Hwy. 314 at New Hope

Road, the proposed Bank of America site received development plan approval

for this use, with several conditions relating to landscaping, tree protection,

architecture and privacy screening.

Also approved was the development

plan for the Lafayette Center office building to be located at the corner

of Brandywine Boulevard and Belle Drive, next to the Belle Chase apartment

complex. Staff recommended approval with the condition that a five-foot

concrete sidewalk be provided extending along the right-of-ways for Belle

and Brandywine, and certain sewer line and engineering issues be addressed

Development plans were approved

for the rebuilding of Fayette Family Dental at 105 Braxton Court in the

Main Street District. That building was struck by lightning and suffered

fire damage in 1999, and the dental office moved temporarily to another

location on North Jeff Davis Drive.

The commission tabled a variance

request from Scarborough/Rolader Development for a site on Hwy. 85 south

now being used for placement of fill dirt excavated from the new county

jail site. The variance would allow placement of a detention pond wall

in the vegetative buffer adjacent to the Apple Orchard planned unit development,

and the wall would be visible from two residential lots.

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