Several amendments

to Fayetteville's zoning ordinance were approved last week at the regular

City Council meeting.

In R-40 zoning

districts (one-acre lots), the minimum house footprint size the amount

of space on the ground floor was reduced from 1,500 to 1,200 square feet,

although the overall house size minimum was increased from 2,000 to 2,300

square feet. This applies both in an out of the city's Main Street District.

In the Medical

Office Zoning District, one-acre lots are now permitted within 3,000 feet

of Fayette Community Hospital or Fayette Medical Clinic. Also, the city

is allowing single-family and multifamily housing for senior citizens

In other business,

a rezoning request for the proposed Villas at Gingercake was heard and

slightly altered. The developers had requested a townhome planned-unit-development

zoning for the 17.5-acre site, but the council approved M-O zoning, which

city staff said was a good fit for that location. The vote was 4-1, with

Walt White voting no.

A rezoning

request concerning the Travis House in the downtown area was approved

unanimously. City staff recommended C-1, noting that this was an excellent

opportunity to bring in a prospective tenant who had agreed to give the

historic house the extensive overhaul it needs. A second building will

also be constructed on the property, but the developer told the council

that the original house would be restored first.

An appeal from

McAlister's Deli at Ga. Highway 314 and Creekwood Trail, concerning conditions

set down by the city's Planning and Zoning Commission for an eight-foot

wall behind the building, was withdrawn at the applicant's request.