Fayetteville

residents can get ready for a second helping of McDonald's as the fast

food chain plans to build a second store on Ga. Highway 85 south between

the new Walgreen's drug store and the GTO's Drive In restaurant.

The home of

the Big Mac will look almost exactly the same as the one rebuilt at the

store's location in the Hudson Plaza shopping center on Hwy. 85 north,

a company representative told the city's Planning and Zoning Commission

Tuesday night.

"I want

to compliment you on your present facility. It's very nice," said

commissioner Derryll Anderson.

The commission

is expected to vote on the McDonald's plan at its next meeting April 22

at 7 p.m.

Another restaurant

discussed its building plans with the commission. O'Charley's officials

want to locate on Ga. Highway 85 north near the Fayette Pavilion.

The matter

is far from a done deal, however, as commissioners expressed concern over

exterior lighting that looked familiar to "neon" lighting. Although

the lighting was called by another name, the sample displayed by a company

representative looked just like neon lighting, said commissioner Allan

Feldman.

The commission

also debated plans for a retail building just south of the Merlin Muffler

shop on Ga. Highway 85 north. The building would house eight shops, with

plans for the anchor store to be a Quizno's Subs restaurant.

Several commissioners

expressed concern about the variances that were requested to allow the

building to pull closer to the street. But city director of planning and

zoning Jahnee Prince said she asked the applicant to seek those variances

to the building would have more of a main street look. The variances would

also allow for a patio to be built for the Quizno's restaurant so customers

could eat outside.

The current

orientation of the building on the plans also drew some criticism from

commissioners who said they don't want to see quite as much of the parking

lot. But a company representative said doing so would block the view of

the existing car wash building which is further down the access road off

Hwy. 85.

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