Conceptual site plans for two retail developments in Peachtree City -- including one that will have a Publix grocery store -- were approved by the Planning Commission at its regular meeting Monday.

One of the projects, Holly Grove Pavilion, is a retail center that will include a Publix grocery store, located at the intersection of Ga. Highway 74 and Holly Grove Road, which is one-half mile west of Rockaway Road. No other stores for the center have been signed, according to a spokesperson for Columbia Properties, the developer of the project.

The other retail center, Peachtree Promenade, will be located at the intersection of Ga. Highway 54 and Shakerag Hill.

The conceptual site plans for both projects were approved by the commission as long as developers meet a set of individual conditions for each property.

The approval of the Holly Grove Pavilion conceptual site plan included city-recommended changes approved by the developer. Those changes included additional landscaping and cutting a row of parking spaces from the entrance off Holly Grove Road to create a less congested entrance.

The drawings for the conceptual site plan were also changed to reduce the number of entrances from Ga. Highway 74 to two. It was also noted that the store could not open until Holly Grove Road is completed.

According to the preliminary site plan, a traffic light will be proposed for the intersection of Holly Grove Road and Highway 74.

The approval of the site conceptual plan for Peachtree Promenade was not as simple.

Some commission members expressed hesitancy to approve the plan since the recent changes were not fully drawn out. Rather, an overlay was designed to fit over the original conceptual site plan.

“I'm just not comfortable voting on something that's not a final conceptual site plan,” said commission member Robert Ames.

Bill Dyer of Riverwood Properties, the developer of the project, said he agreed to the changes proposed by staff, and a delay on the decision could hurt the project. He said if he would have known the commission wanted to see a final plan, he would have had one ready.

City Planner David Rast said he directed Dyer to use an overlay instead of compiling the final conceptual site plan. Riverwood agreed to add more landscaping to the design and reduce the number of parking spaces in the rear of the structure, which would eventually face a second phase of the project that might become medical offices, Dyer said.

The commission eventually approved the plan on a 3-2 vote. Ames and Jim Finney voted against the approval.

The Planning Commission also approved a conceptual site plan for Powers Storage Facility on Huddleston Road. The owner, Tim Powers, told the commission he wanted to pave the area which he currently uses as a parking lot to store tractor trailers.

Powers said he also wanted to fence the area in and install a security camera. He noted that unauthorized dumpings have taken place on the property, most recently when some construction materials were left there.

He also said the land has been vandalized several times.

The planning commission also approved the landscape plan for the Wendy's restaurant that is currently under construction at the Kedron Village retail center. Despite the water restrictions imposed by the drought, restaurant officials decided to proceed with the landscaping The city had offered to delay the activity until fall as long as the company provides a letter promising to landscape the site.

Since the landscaping will continue, the city will require a letter from Wendy's promising to replace the plants if they die due to the drought.

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