Residents attending

Thursday night's Fayette County Planning Commission meeting may want to

bring a sleeping bag.

With its longest

agenda in several months, the Planning Commission is expected to consider

10 requests that could bring in more than 140 new homes, two convenience

stores and additional retail space.

The biggest

residential request comes from Joan Busey, who wants to develop 148 acres

on Helmer Road into a subdivision. Busey wants the zoning changed from

Agricultural Residential and a five-acre minimum lot size to R-40, which

allows one-acre home sites. Busey wants to build 102 homes on the site.

On the commercial

side, Chuck Golden wants to develop a 1.6 acre site on Ga. Highway 54

east as a convenience store and gas station. He wants to zoning changed

on his property from Commercial-Highway Conditional to Commercial-Highway.

Fayette Baptist

Church also wants a 6.8 acre site it owns at Seay Road and Ga. Highway

92 south from Agricultural Residential to Commercial-Highway to build

a convenience store, gas station and retail shops. The church is represented

The meeting

starts at 7 p.m. at the Fayette County Administrative Complex.