Two Fayetteville gas stations won't just get a remodeling job.

Instead, they will be demolished and rebuilt under plans that have been

approved by the Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission.

Two Flash Foods gas stations are headed for the wrecking ball, both on Ga.

Highway 54. One of the stations is downtown next to Jeff Davis Drive and

the other is on the far west side near Gingercake Road.

The latter is experiencing problems with its septic system and wants to

hook up to the city's sewer system.

The redevelopment plans were approved by the commission at its meeting Tuesday

night.

The commission also tabled a proposal to build two retail buildings and

two office buildings on Ga. Highway 54 and Grady Avenue. One of the retail

buildings would have residential space on a second floor, according to the

plans for The Shops at Highway 54 West.

That 5.2 acre parcel is inside the city's Main Street district and

thus would have to meet certain guidelines including the location of parking

in the rear; that requirement was created to make it easier to move buildings

closer to the street for aesthetic purposes.

The applicant wants the parcel rezoned from single family residential to

planned community district. To qualify for that designation, 20 percent of

the site's area must be left as open space, according to city guidelines.