A rezoning

request to allow a custom frame shop to be converted into a restaurant

has been denied by the Peachtree City Council.

Patricia Wright

said she wants to sell the building that houses P.K. Wright Galleries

on Ga. Highway 74 north near Wisdom Road. Wright said her failing health

has forced her to sell the property.

The rezoning

request was opposed at Thursday's City Council meeting by residents from

the nearby Fairfield subdivision, who opposed the traffic and offensive

odors the restaurant might create.

The property

is zoned limited use commercial specifically for The Galleries, which

also has space that is leased to individual proprietors getting their

start in the arts and crafts business. The specialized retail space would

be a part of the restaurant, Wright said.

The request

involved no additional parking or any changes to the exterior of the structure,

Wright added.

The Galleries

is located in a subdivision of parcels zoned office-institutional. Prior

to its LUC zoning in 1994, it too was zoned OI.

George Rosenzweig,

an attorney representing Wright, said a development including several

restaurants was located near The Galleries.

Mayor Bob Lenox

said he couldn't approve the rezoning because it could open up other nearby

property for commercial development. He added that when the LUC rezoning

was granted years ago, the city made it clear to Wright that if the business

located there changes, the property's zoning would revert