Fayetteville's Planning and Zoning Commission is recommending the

annexation of a gas station just outside the city limits that might be

demolished and rebuilt from scratch.

The Flash Foods at the intersection of Ga. Highway 54 west and Gingercake

Road is currently experiencing problems with its septic system and thus

wants to use the city's sewer system, officials said. Sewer is not

available to land located in unincorporated Fayette County.

The final decision on whether or not to rezone the property is up to

the Fayetteville City Council. The planning and zoning commission voted

to recommend the annexation at its meeting Tuesday night.

The .692-acre tract would include a small lot behind the building which

is actually in the city limits; that lot would be used for open space.

The project will also require a variance to reduce the city's highway

corridor buffer from 30 feet to five feet. It will require a rezoning

from C-1, downtown commercial, to C-3, highway commercial.

The commission also recommended approval for a rezoning for a a 5.15-acre

tract on West Lanier Avenue that is currently zoned partly commercial

and part residential.

The parcel, located just west of the BP gas station, was actually rezoned

entirely commercial by the city council back in 1982, but it wasn't

until recently that the error was caught, officials said. The rezoning

wasn't indicated on subsequent updates of the city's land use

map.

There is no new development proposed for the property at this time,

officials noted.

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