Union City

doesn't call itself "The Progressive City" for nothing. At their

meeting last week, Mayor Ralph Moore and the City Council reviewed a number

of concerns and proposals affecting growth and commerce in the area.

After the City

Council agreed to placement of a new automated teller machine in City

Hall to help with cash payments of fines and other official transactions,

the subject turned to several zoning issues, including:

A text amendment

to remove the three-acre lot size for places of worship and assembly was

addressed first. The roster of religious institutions was added to the

list sharing the same conditional uses as Office-Institutional and Neighborhood

Commercial Districts, which have a smaller lot size.

A 30-day grace

period was granted by the Council to the American Housing Group, Inc.,

to give the firm more time to solve questions of sewage before plans can

be passed for a new subdivision on Dodson Road.

John Prayer

of 6125 Dodson Road in Fairburn spoke in opposition to the project.

"My main

concern is the high density. It looks like we've got a wildfire coming

down Dodson Road," said Prayer. "It started in Highpoint and

it keeps coming all the way to Fairburn. We're getting downgraded big

time by this high density housing. RMD 1 is the lowest rate of single

family homes you have other than condos. It's going to lower the value

of my property. I just can't believe it's happening."

Prayer went

on to ask, "Do my property values mean anythi ng?

What is your tax base going to be if 90 percent is RMD1?"

Jerry Morlock

of 6020 Dodson Road spoke up for his neighbor calling the development

"ridiculous." With the request tabled, Dodson Road inhabitants

will have to wait and see what comes next.

Ed Borg of

Fleet U.S.A. was approved for rezoning and annexation for 6.2 acres of

property located on Jonesboro Road. Fleet asked for the property to be

rezoned from Fulton County M-1 to Union City General Commercial, in hopes

of building a new and used car lot. The plans for the annexation and rezoning

were approved unanimously.

Development

plans for both Lakeview Phase 2 and Ravenwood Phase 3 were amended by

altering the design of clustered homes to detached individual dwellings.

The two developments being built by the Benchmark Group of Companies were

also passed unanimously.

Bright-Meyers

received approval to rezone 6.9 acres of Jonesboro Road Rear to general

commercial. Finally a text amendment including a timeframe for reviewing

sign permits was approved.

Finally, $21,600

was allocated for monthly expenses and appraisal fees for the South Fulton

Municipal Water and Sewer Authority.