Statesboro's Planning Commission has recommended against a zoning change and height variance for a four-story hotel and an Enmark gas station proposed to be built on Fair Road at the Georgia Avenue intersection. Eleven residents of nearby neighborhoods, among them Statesboro's mayor, Bulloch County's school superintendent and the Garden of the Coastal Plain's director, spoke against the proposed development during Tuesday's meeting of the city planning and zoning board. A lawyer also spoke on behalf of some residents, and the planning board received petitions signed by more than 80 residents and a letter from First Presbyterian Church, all opposed.