Fayette Planning Commission members want to clarify a law that prohibits subdivision streets more than 3,000 feet long.

The commission last week approved Brent Scarbrough's plan for 36 homes on 135.6 acres on Antioch Road, including a combination of two streets that, together, are over the limit. As the law is written, it's unclear whether a developer can get around the restriction by giving a street two different names.

“We need to clarify this,” said commission member Jim Graw.

The subdivision, Jackson Estates, will have a combination of lot sizes, ranging from two acres to five-plus acres. Some of the land is zoned R-72, which allows lots as small as two acres, and some of it A-R, which requires five-acre lots.

In other business in its monthly meeting last Thursday, the commission voted to recommend approval of a set of changes to county zoning ordinances that will create a new technical review committee, plus some minor adjustments to the wording of some ordinances.

The technical review committee will jointly go over plats, permit applications and other zoning and building documents.

Currently, those documents are routed through various departments for comment without any interaction between the departments, a situation that county administrator Billy Beckett said sometimes allows for error.

For instance, he said, on at least two occasions subdivision plats have been approved with homes on one side of a road and amenities on the other, something a thorough review and discussion among representatives of several departments at once might have prevented.

The County Commission is scheduled to vote on creation of the new committee during its June 24 business meeting, 7 p.m. at the County Administrative Complex.

Commissioners also will consider Greg Alvarez's request for a zoning change from R-40 to C-C conditional (commercial) for .87 acres on Sumner Road. Alvarez wants to add the parcel to his already approved office building site, and use it for parking. Planning commissioners voted unanimously to recommend approval.

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