A rezoning

request to turn a custom frame shop into a restaurant will be considered

Pat Wright

is seeking a rezoning to general commercial for The Galleries, which is

located off Ga. Highway 74 North in the Whitlock Place subdivision. Currently,

the property is zoned for limited use commercial, limiting the property

to its current use or the previous zoning of office-institutional.

City staff

have opposed the rezoning, citing that it would constitute a spot zoning

and open up adjacent properties for commercial development. The Planning

Commission heard the matter at its June 25 meeting but did not recommend

approval to City Council.

Wright argued

at that meeting that property within 500 feet of hers is zoned commercially.

She said she wants to sell the building, which is currently a custom frame

shop that leases additional space to individuals starting their own small

businesses.

The prospective

owner wants to open a local restaurant there, Wright noted. But the area

for small businesses will be retained, she added.

The restaurant

would be less than 6,000 square feet, Wright said.

No one has

protested the rezoning request while it was discussed during two Planning

Commission meetings. Several people have spoken in favor of the rezoning,

however.

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