One of Fayetteville’s more momentous opportunities to approve or turn down more rental units in Fayette’s second largest city comes this Thursday night at 6 p.m. at City Hall on Stonewall Avenue.
The council will consider a 273-apartment complex on the city’s east side off Weatherly Drive and a 254-unit all-rental project on the city’s west side at Gingercake Road and Ga. Highway 54. The council is on record as having approved a lot more multi-family projects than it has said no to.
In both cases, city planning staff is recommending a negative vote by council — a strong negative on the east side three- and four-story multifamily complex, and a less negative rating for the “horizontal multifamily” cottage community on the west side at Gingercake.
The west side development has drawn significant numbers of residents out in opposition in earlier meetings.
Here’s the Thursday night agenda, followed below by in-depth looks at the two apartment rezoning requests.
A closer look at the Hwy. 54 West and Gingercake Road proposal from the council information packet for the meeting:
Project name: Avilla Fayetteville
“NexMetro Communities, LLC assembled five parcels of land (+/-30 acres) within the northwest quadrant of the HWY 54/ Gingercake RD intersection with the desire to develop a gated, 254- unit horizontal multi-family community consisting of one-, two- and three-bedroom cottage homes.
“The property is currently zoned NC Neighborhood Commercial and designated as Neighborhood Center within the 2022 Comprehensive Plan Update and the associated Future Land Use Map.
“In order for the project to move forward, the Applicant is requesting an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan and the Future Land Use Map.
“Should that request be approved, the Applicant is requesting the property be rezoned to allow for residential purposes.
“The…
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