Fairburn's leaders said no

Monday to a proposed condominium complex just north of Virlyn B. Smith

Road.

The development would have

placed 68 condos on 14 acres, which city administrator Jim Williams termed

too dense for the area.

Resident Robert McCready agreed

with Williams.

"This would create an

isolated high density pocket. With only one entrance, it would create

a fire hazard," he said.

McCready said he had talked

to real estate brokers who said neighboring property owners would also

see their property values drop 15-20 percent.

Williams said rezoning the

property from R-1, which requires one-acre tracts to R-CT3, would create

spot zoning in the area and asked the City Council to reject the zoning

application.

The council unanimously turned

down the application.

The council did approve a rezoning

of 148 acres on the east sides of Bohannon Road and Creekwood from AG-1

Agriculture to M-1 Light Industrial.

Robert Jordan, who owns the

property with Robert McCamy, wanted the property rezoned to M-2 Heavy

Industrial, but the City Council decided a less intensive zoning was appropriate

for the area.