Tyrone Councilman

Ronnie Cannon unloaded last week on the Fayette County government's decision

not to place a stop sign at what he terms a dangerous intersection.

Cannon said

the intersection of Jenkins Road and Ellison Road needs a four-way stop

because of all the traffic generated by the schools at the Sandy Creek

complex.

The councilman

is peeved at the county's reluctance to erect the signs.

"You'd

think I was trying to pull teeth. They just don't want to work with us,"

he said.

Cannon said

the county is basing its reluctance on a 1988 traffic study, adding it's

clear that something needs to be done at the busy intersection.

"It's

just based on common sense. They need to get their head out of a book.

It's that type of arrogance that burns my tail," he said.

Cannon said

if the county could not afford the signs that Tyrone would gladly pay

the $120 for the four signs.

"We'll

buy the stop signs before somebody gets killed," he said.

Cannon has

been at the forefront of charges from city leaders over the past three

years that their residents don't receive their fair share of services

from Fayette County for the taxes they pay.

In other action

last week the council also approved a 32-acre annexation despite concerns

expressed by the county government.

County Commission

Chairman Greg Dunn wrote to the town expressing the commission's concern

over annexing the property when the property owner, R.L. Jennings, has

not indicated how he plans to use the property.

Lisa Richardson,

Tyrone mayor protempore, wrote in reply that the town is not required

to have that information before annexing property.

"It's

not a requirement of state law nor is it a town requirement" that

development plans be attached to annexation requests, Town Manager Barry

Amos told The Citizen.

The land, on

Trickum Creek Road, comes into the town with a zoning designation of AR,

a residential category that requires a minimum of three acres per home

site.

In other news

from last week's meeting, the council

Approved changing

the zoning category of a 68-acre site on Ga. Highway 74 and Dogwood Trail

from Agricultural Residential to Educational Institution for Braelinn

Baptist Church. The church will build its new sanctuary at the site.

Said yes to

an annexation request from R.L. Jennings for a 32-acre site on Trickum

Creek Road. Jennings has not disclosed what type of development he wants

on the property and the property comes into the city in an AR zoning district.

Approved a

rezoning by Bob Mooney of Cobblestone Development to build 65 homes on

a 77-acre site near the Pendleton subdivision.

Mooney originally

asked the Tyrone Planning Commission last month to approve a rezoning

from AR, which requires three-acre lots, to R-48, which allows one-acre

lots.

But Mooney

said the development would work better if the commission would allow a

clustering development on half-acre sites that would mimic the pastel-colored

homes of Seaside in the Florida panhandle. The homes would be tightly

packed together and the development would feature six pocket parks.

But because

Tyrone currently does not have a zoning category that allows half-acre

lots, the commission decided to approve the rezoning to R-48 and said

the Town Council would have to decide Thursday night if it wants to create

an ordinance allowing smaller lots.

But council

members were not inclined to go for the smaller lots.

"In a

survey that we did of our people, 86 percent said they preferred a one-acre

lot size," said Cannon.

Mooney said

the development would feature homes a minimum of 2,400 square feet in

size and priced between $350,000 and $500,000.

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