If you get turned down for

a rezoning in Fairburn, you're probably still going to have to wait a

year before you can refile an application.

That was the consensus of the

City Council after city administrator Jim Williams suggested the council

look at lowering the time frame to six months.

Councilman Harvey Melear was

dead set against relaxing the timeline.

"That's the way we've

always done it. The matter can come up before a year if a councilman decides

to bring it back," he said.

Melear said a six month window

could create the same zoning matters to keep appearing before the council.

Councilman Glenn Higgins agreed

with Melear, but reiterated councilpeople still had the option of opening

zoning items up for discussion before a year had passed if there was new

information available.