There were

no public comments Thursday night on a proposed rezoning initiated by

Fayetteville city staff to clear up mistakes on legal descriptions for

a 50-acre tract of land across Ga. Highway 54 from Fayette Community Hospital.

The City Council

went through the first reading on the measure at its regular meeting Thursday

night. It must be brought up for a second reading before it can be voted

on by council.

No new development

is proposed for the area, which is the location of the former Emory Clinic

building.

The property

was zoned as two different tracts in 1988, one tract being C-3 highway

commercial and the other being R-P residential professional. But mistakes

were made on the legal descriptions making it unclear where one tract

ends and another begins, according to city staff.

Director of

Planning and Zoning Jahnee Prince said the city attorney advised it would

be best to clear up the errors by conducting a rezoning of the property.

There is also

a creek on the property which would "provide a nicer transition between

the two zoning districts," Prince said.

The rezoning

would actually shrink the amount of commercially-zoned property to 21.17

acres while increasing the amount of residentially-zoned property to 29.25

acres. That will be more compatible with other residential properties

in the area, Prince has said.

The rezoning

has been approved by the city's planning and zoning commission.

The residential

professional zoning classification allows any use permitted in single

family residential districts in addition to the other following uses,

with some restrictions:

Offices providing

professional services;

Hospitals,

medical and dental clinics and doctor's offices;

Nursing, convalescent,

assisted living and care homes;

Day care or

kindergarten facilities;

Orphanages

and care homes;

Public and

private educational institutions offering general education courses; and

Art and photography

studios and offices of interior decorators.