The proposed

master plan for the south side of Fayetteville is under review by the

City Council, but council members will not be rushing to send it through.

After a brief

presentation at last Tuesday night's Planning and Zoning Commission meeting

at its work session the next night. The Planning and Zoning Commission

gave no recommendation on what it heard, since the information was being

given to its members for the first time, according to city staff.

A public hearing

is scheduled for tomorrow night's regular council meeting, at 7:30 p.m.

at City Hall, to inform the public about possible changes to the city's

land use plan to meet the master plan, which was scheduled to be considered

for adoption by the council Oct. 18. But that schedule has slowed a bit.

The Oct. 18

adoption was contingent upon confirmation from the Atlanta Regional Commission

that the revision is considered "minor" and not "major,"

according to city staff. A major revision would take a few additional

months.

The total site

is 392.3 acres. Existing uses call for 106.2 acres of community commercial,

160.2 acres of medium-density single family residential, 124.9 acres of

low-density single family residential, and one acre of public-institutional

property.

Under the proposed

plan, 114.6 acres would be used for commercial/retail, along with 116.4

acres of medium-density single family residential, 118.4 acres of high-density

single family residential, 3.2 acres of office, 18.4 acres of mixed-use

office/retail, and 21.3 acres of commercial office warehouse.

The property

in question is bordered on the west by Ga. Highway 85 and on the south

to Jeff Davis and include an extension of the Hwy. 92 connector from Jimmie

Mayfield Boulevard to Jeff Davis.

Council members

agreed last week that the project should not be rushed through at this

level, especially since no Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation

has been made.

"Maybe

we should step back and let P&Z get ahead of us on this," said

Mayor Pro Tempore Walt White, who was conducting the meeting in Mayor

Kenneth Steele's absence.

That echoed

the sentiments of Councilman Al Hovey-King, who said, "There's no

hurry on this."

"The Village

[another master-planned development now underway in Fayetteville] is 110

acres, and we took a year on it," said Councilman Bill Talley. "This

is much larger."

City Manager

Joe Morton said that the public hearing on this issue must remain on tomorrow

night's agenda since it has already been advertised, but action can be

tabled at that time if it is the council's desire.