Plans for a

large commercial development on recently annexed land in south Fayetteville

will be considered for approval by the city's planning and zoning commission

next Tuesday night at its regular 7 p.m. meeting.

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.

No one spoke

in opposition to the plan at the commission's last meeting when the plan

was presented as a workshop item. One item the commission wanted to see

action on was a reduction in impervious surface.

The developer

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

to city documents.

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,

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.

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