Development

plans to locate an O'Charley's restaurant on Ga. Highway 85 north near

the Fayette Pavilion have been approved by the Fayetteville Planning and

Zoning Commission.

The 1.35-acre

lot will have a total of 121 parking spaces available, thanks to use of

both on-site and shared parking with two other restaurant sites planned

there. The commission granted a special exception for the parking since

the city would normally require 138 parking spaces because of the restaurant's

seating capacity of 275 seats.

One of the

most significant issues with the original development plans concerned

the outdoor lighting scheme. Several commissioners worried that some of

the lights were "neon" in appearance even though they weren't

technically neon lights.

Restaurant

officials followed that lead and made changes to the lighting plans that

the commission deemed acceptable.

The commission

approved the plans and the special exception at its meeting Tuesday night.

Development

plans for a new McDonald's restaurant on Hwy. 85 South were tabled by

the commission, which wants the owner to get an agreement to create an

access road. The road would tie the restaurant to the large commercial

development on the southside that's being planned by Concordia Properties.

The idea of

using the access road is to help limit the amount of traffic flowing onto

and off of the highway.

The site is

located between the Walgreen's drug store and the GTO's Drive-In restaurant.

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