When Sarah

Banister asked the Fayette County Commission to approve one-acre subdivision

zoning for her 42.3 acres on New Hope Road near Kite Lake Road last December,

the county Planning and Zoning Commission recommended two-acre zoning

instead.

But county

commissioners denied the zoning request outright.

Now Banister

is back, asking for two-acre zoning, and the Planning Commission has recommended

approval.

The land is

surrounded by properties zoned A-R, which requires a minimum of five acres

per home, and neighbor Charley Regan said he would just as soon the Banister

property stays A-R as well.

"I moved

from a subdivision in order to take advantage of a rural area," he

said, adding he has lived on New Hope since 1965. "I would like to

see it remain agricultural."

Billy Brundage,

agent for Banister, said the R-75 zoning being requested is in keeping

with the county's land use plan.

Planning commissioners

said they wanted to stick with their decision of last year. "We liked

two acres in December, so we should still like it now," said commissioner

Jim Graw.

The request

will go to the county Board of Commissioners for a final decision July

26, 7 p.m. at the County Administrative Complex.

Planning commissioners

also recommended approval of a request from Aston Peart to change the

zoning of a portion of the Fayette Youth Protection Home's land to allow

for a day care center.

If the request

is approved by county commissioners, Peart plans to buy the 5.1 acres

and build a commercial day care center on it. The zoning granted to the

Youth Protection Home in 1987 conditioned the zoning on its use as a children's

home. Peart's request is to change that condition, allowing for the day

care center.

The land is

on Twiggs Way, just off Ga. Highway 279.

In other action,

the Planning Commission recommended approval of new street design standards

and specifications along with off-street parking and service requirements.

The changes

match recent changes in state and federal standards, and are needed to

ensure that in the case of disaster, county streets would be restored

using the newer standards, according to county engineer Ron Salmons.

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