Some controversial issues concerning

the Valencia Warehouse arose at Fairburn's City Council meeting Monday

night.

The owner of the Valencia Warehouse,

located on the Ga. Highway 74 Bypass, requested a certificate of occupancy

for the warehouse. However, the certificate could not be issued because

the site and the landscaping were not developed in accordance with the

approved plans.

According to Jim Williams,

City Administrator, the owner of the Valencia Warehouse was given two

alternatives:

Rework the site and the landscaping

to reflect the approved plans.

Prepare new plans to reflect

what is on the ground and then see if he can get those plans approved.

Williams claimed the problem

with new plans is that two businesses, in the meanwhile, are being adversely

affected by it.

An antique business has already

relocated to the new space without a proper certificate of occupancy,

and it is under orders to not conduct business. Furthermore, a new business

has moved into the space vacated by the antique business, and it cannot

get a certificate of occupancy because it is not a permitted use in the

zoning district.

The council agreed to let the

two businesses occupy the buildings and conduct business under a temporary

90-day CO.

In addition, the council will

propose changes to the Zoning Ordinance to correct the zoning issues and

the developer will be given no more than 90 days to correct the site plan

and landscaping problems.

Williams said in order to assure

compliance, the developer should be required to post a cash bond of at

least $25,000 that will be forfeited to the city if the work is not satisfactorily

completed within the 90-day period. In the event of a forfeit, the developer

will still be liable for the completion of the work and a new bond may

be required.

Williams says this approach

will assure compliance, but it will not do so at the expense of the two

businesses, which are simply victims of the process.