The owner of a Fayetteville

shopping center has agreed to bring his sign in compliance with the city's

latest sign ordinance within 12 months.

And in return, the Fayetteville

City Council gave him permission to add a wall sign for a new business

at the 692 North Fayette Center.

Ordinarily, changes to signs

aren't allowed -�even for a new business location - when

one of the signs isn't in compliance. But J. B. Harlan of Nix Developers

said he would change the sign, which is located just off the right of

way from the street.

Without the council's

approval, the A&A Asian Market would have to do business without a

sign.

The ordinance is designed to

encourage businesses to update their signs and make the city's exterior

signs somewhat uniform in nature, Mayor Ken Steele explained.

Harlan said he has replaced

signs for other recently-moved businesses but no one from the city told

him at that point that the main sign to the center would have to be changed.

"While you may not feel

this is fair, we are treating everybody the same way," said councilman

Bill Talley.

Councilman Walt White was the

only vote against the sign approval, which was extended to cover any new

business locating at the shopping center for the next year. White previously

said he thought six months was plenty of time to get the sign changed.

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