Plans for a

large commercial development on recently annexed land in south Fayetteville

were approved by the city's Planning and Zoning Commission at its regular

meeting last Tuesday.

The plan for

the 28-acre "Summit Point" site encompasses 116,000 square feet

of retail space not including seven outparcels which would be located

off Ga. Highways 85 and 92.

Ten acres of

the tract will be dedicated as a conservation area, according to a representative

for Concordia Properties.

The developer

is also required to develop 10 percent of the space for office use, according

to city documents.

At the meeting,

the commission was presented with the lighting plan for the property,

which was one of the few outstanding issues unresolved since the matter

was discussed two weeks before at the commission's monthly workshop meeting.

The rezoning

petitions for the property were controversial at first since the southernmost

portion of the rezoned tracts on the southside but against residential

subdivisions in unincorporated Fayette County. Residents initially complained

about an increase of traffic and crime that commercial development would

bring to the area.

At the time,

the City Council put its decision on hold so citizens could be allowed

input on a task force that was formed to study the various development

issues.