Leaders from the city of Fayetteville

and Fayette County are in apparent agreement over a recent annexation

application.

The City Council considered

a county objection to the proposed rezoning and annexation of 17 acres

at Redwine and Price roads at last week's regular meeting, and Mayor Kenneth

Steele announced that the city also was not in favor of the proposal.

The council approved authorizing the mayor to send a letter to the county

in that regard.

The site is currently zoned

R-40 for single-family residential use in the county. The applicant, Greater

Atlanta Construction Company, proposed a townhome development of no more

than 72 units on the site, with a requested city zoning of R-THC, which

city staff said was not compatible with the Future Land Use Map, which

designates this property for low-density single-family residential development.

As is the city's standard procedure,

the Board of Commissioners and Board of Education were officially notified

of the annexation application via a letter last month from City Manager

Joe Morton. The commission responded by letter Aug. 13, in which Chairman

Greg Dunn stated county's problems with the plan.

"Fayette County objects

to the annexation as presented by the city of Fayetteville because the

proposed land use classification is not in agreement with the land use

for this property as set out by the county's Land Use Plan," Dunn

wrote. "Additionally, the development of the site in question, as

proposed, will result in a substantial change in the intensity of the

allowable use of the property. The proposed density far exceeds both the

recommended density of the county and the city's current land use plans."

The application is currently

before the city's Planning and Zoning Commission, and will continue through

the process if the developers so desire, although the commission made

it clear at last week's work session how the city feels about the project

is its current form, Morton said.

The developers also have the

option of going