At last week's meeting, the Tyrone Town Council approved two carefully

worded resolutions in support of the Fayette County Transportation Plan and

the Fayette County Schools. Not wanting to come right out and urge the citizens

to vote in support of the SPLOST and the school bond referendum, the resolutions

instead focused on why they supported each issue.

In the resolution regarding schools, the town stated that "the Fayette

County Board of Education efforts have continuously set and met a quality

of education standard that is the highest in the state." The resolution

also recognized the fact that the school system has a positive impact on

the residents of Fayette County. The resolution concludes with the statement

that "the mayor and council of the town of Tyrone reaffirm our complete

support of the Fayette County Board of Education with their efforts to maintain

the highest standard for education for the citizens of our county."

The resolution regarding the transportation plan recognizes that traffic

and congestion are major areas of concern for many citizens and that the

Fayette County Transportation Plan when implemented will improve the flow

of traffic within and through Fayette County.

In other news from last week's meeting, two rezoning requests were

denied by council. One request was for a piece of property at 1922 Ga. Highway

74 North to be rezoned from OI (Office Industrial) to LUC (Limited Use Commercial).

Afraid of setting a dangerous precedent, especially with over 88 acres of

property zoned OI on Hwy. 74, the council voted to deny the request. Councilwoman

Lyn Redwood voted in favor of the request.

The other rezoning request was for a 10.48-acre property on the southeast

corner of East Crestwood Road and Hwy. 74. The developers wanted the property,

currently zoned AR, to be rezoned to LUC and R-48 (Residential). Having just

voted down a rezoning request that would put more commercial on Hwy. 74,

the council voted unanimously to deny this request.

Lastly, the Eckerd on the corner of Hwy. 74 and Tyrone Road got a variance

to the sign ordinance approved. After getting a recommendation from the planning

commission, Eckerd had put a sign which faced Hwy. 74 up.

They did not realize that it needed to come before council first, so a tarp

had covered the sign until their request could be heard by council. The council

approved the request because of Eckerd's unique situation. Eckerd has

frontage on three roads (Hwy. 74, Tyrone Road and Valleywood Road), and the

sign ordinance only allows a sign on the side of the building where the entrance

is located. In Eckerd's case this meant the Valleywood sign. This would

create a hardship for Eckerd and the council approved their request with

the condition that the neon sign located indoors be turned off in the evenings,

once the outside light comes on.

The next meeting of the Tyrone Town Council will be Nov. 4 at 7 p.m.