Plans for an

office building on Church Street and plats for two subdivisions were discussed

meeting Tuesday night.

The office

building on Church Street will be located on a vacant lot adjacent to

the parking lot for Fayetteville First United Methodist Church. Scott

Burrell plans to build a 2,000 sq. ft. house that will match the residential

homes in the community, according to city documents.

Parking will

be located in the rear of the two-story house. The property is located

in the residential-professional district and the plan has been approved

in the Main Street district.

Commission

chairman Myron Coxe thanked Burrell for bringing the city "a Main

Street project."

One of the

subdivisions discussed was Emory Springs, which will be located off Ga.

Highway 54 West behind the Fayette Professional Building. The plat for

the 29.25-acre subdivision may need more changes depending on the results

of a flood study of the area, which is adjacent to a creek.

The number

of units in the single family detached subdivision might vary between

68 and 75 units depending on the flood study, said Jahnee Prince, the

city's director of planning and zoning.

The subdivision

will have a 300-foot buffer to screen it from office and commercial properties

to the north, according to the developer.

The commission

also discussed a plat for the 18.7 acre Farrer Woods subdivision that

will be located off North Jeff Davis Drive. The plans include 51 single-family

detached homes, with 5.93 acres of open space.

Developer Bob

Rolader asked the commission to consider allowing a variance for the rear

building setback so garages can be built at the rear of the homes. The

setback is 30 feet but Rolader wants it set at 15 feet for the garages

only "to get the type of architecture we believe wants to be seen

here."

Coxe noted

the variance would need approval of the adjacent property owners. A public

hearing on the variance couldn't be held until next month, Prince said.

Rolader said

the subdivision would have plenty of stormwater detention built in so

as not to exacerbate flooding problems in the area. He also agreed to

reserve a minimum of 35 feet of greenspace at the entrance to the subdivision

along with a landscaped entrance feature.

The commission

took no action on any of the matters since the meeting was in workshop

format. The commission is scheduled to consider matters for a formal vote

at its regular meeting Tuesday, June 24.

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