• Tattoo parlors should be included in B-3 as conditional use; wrecker services should be included in M-1 permitted use.

The rewriting of the zoning ordinances was conducted by 20 members of the community and was done in accordance with the city of Athens Master Plan, published in 2002.

Other business

In other business, the commission:

• Approved a request of Wayne and Beverly Lewis to rezone 9.10 acres of property from B-3 (Highway business district) to R-1 (Low density residential) at the east end of Hatfield Lake Road. The property will be used by their daughter to build a home on the site of the old lake and skating rink.

• Granted certificates to subdivide for Kent Harris of Lot 63 of Holland East Subdivision to transfer .043 acres into Lot 62 owned by Bill Mathews to accommodate a swimming pool.

• Consolidated Lots 33 through 38 into one lot on the east margin of Hine Street and the south margin of Sixth Avenue, at the request of Mike Adams.

• Held a public hearing and approved a minor subdivision of property into two lots, zoned R-1, at Lucas Ferry and Sanderfer Road at the request of Phillip Morris and Susan Fry. If the subdivided land is developed, the developer must install sewer.

• Held a public hearing and gave preliminary approval to developer Keith Griffin of a 13-lot addition to Oaks East Subdivision at Nick Davis and Oakdale Roads, to be known as Phase 3, and zoned R-2 medium density.

• Granted conceptual approval for 44 lots of Elkton Street Development, south of Elm Street, east of Frazier Street and west of Elkton Street, to be zoned R-3, high density residential.

• Held a public hearing for the Athens Traffic Circulation Standards, which are intended to control traffic in numerous developments. Developers must identify certain kinds of streets and provide traffic plans for acceleration, deceleration, and crossover management. The document now goes to Athens City Council to be approved at the second meeting in October.