The Fayetteville Planning and

Zoning Commission will consider this month a request to relocate the J&R

Clothing store at the north end of Fayette County into the city.

Richard Dumas, the owner of

J&R Clothing, has submitted a rezoning request for 4.8 acres at 1307

Highway 85 north. The tract, also known as the Davis property, sits directly

across the highway from New Hope Road.

Dumas wants to rezone the property

to C-2 and develop a 34,600 sq. ft. shopping center, a portion of which

would house the clothing store. He is also asking for two variances, to

address off-street parking spaces and allow a reduction in the distance

between curb cuts.

The city's future land use

map calls for business park uses at this location, according to city staff,

and a change in the map is recommended if the commission decides to recommend

approval.

The parking variance would

allow 150 parking spaces, instead the 173 normally required for a development

this size, city staff said. The other variance would allow curb cuts 350

feet apart instead of the required 500 feet. One of the curb cuts would

be directly across from New Hope Road and would provide access to the

property to the south when it is developed, while the other would be right-in,

right-out only, according to city staff.

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