The Laurinburg City Council will hold three public hearings on zoning issues at its meeting tonight.

One of the zoning issues is a request to rezone a 1.38-acre lot from a business to industrial zone on U.S. 401 South.

Owners Tony R. and Sarah Catherine Poole say they want to use the site as a classic car classic car restoration and repair business. The Poole family also owns Poole's Body Shop and Wrecker Service.

Another zoning request is for a conditional use permit for Michael's Amusement, Inc. to operate a carnival in the old Winn Dixie parking lot from April 1 to 11.

The carnival already operates there in April, but has been unprofitable during the past two years because of rain during the weekend, according to Robert E. Lee, a representative of the carnival.

The carnival is hoping to be open for 11 days, which would cover two weekends, to be more profitable but a city ordinance requires a conditional use permit for an event to operate for more than seven days.

City council will also hear a zoning request from Wayne Freeman to change a 9-acre tract from general business to residential 15, which is the prevalent zoning of the surrounding property. The tract was initially rezoned by Freeman when he was trying to sell the property and was originally residential 15.

City council will also:

• Consider a new appointment to the city beautification committee after the resignation of Debbie Grant.

• Set public hearings for a contentious subdivision plan that calls for rezoning a property near College Park to put in 87 homes.

• Transfer $10,000 from contingency fund to be used for a recreation study.