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One-acre zoning
gets OK
By DAVE HAMRICK
dhamrick@TheCitizenNews.com
Fayette County commissioners last week unanimously denied one rezoning
request from developer Mukut Gupta and unanimously approved another.
Gupta asked the group to postpone a third request, and commissioners complied.
Commissioners unanimously denied a request that would allow 32 one-acre
lots on a 40.5-acre site on Old Senoia Road, pleasing several residents
of the area who spoke in opposition.
The county’s Planning Commission had voted 3-2 to recommend approval
of the request, and the zoning staff had recommended denying Gupta’s
request for one-acre zoning but giving the property a two-acre designation
instead.
Residents argued for keeping the property’s zoning as it is, which
requires a minimum of five acres per home, and commissioners agreed. Land
surrounding the property is zoned for five-acre lots, commissioners said.
The land involved is surrounded by other land zoned for one-acre lots,
commissioners said.
Commissioners agreed with the Planning Commission concerning Gupta’s
request for zoning that would allow one-acre lots on Hilo Road, approving
the request unanimously.
The 38.15 acres are surrounded by property zoned for one-acre development,
commissioners said.
Gupta asked for postponement of his request for zoning that would allow
three-acre lots on 77.7 acres on Spear Road. Commissioners will consider
the request again Sept. 28.
After several residents pleaded for preservation of the rural nature of
their neighborhood, the Planning Commission unanimously voted to recommend
denial of Gupta’s plan for a 23-lot subdivision on the property.
“Most of the surrounding area is A-R, five acres-plus,” said
Tommy Laubernds, who said he has lived on Spear Road for 30 years. “It’s
a pretty piece of land. I think it’s really important that we stay
with the five-acre minimum on this property,” he added.
Planning Commission members agreed. “Driving down Spear Road is like
stepping back in time,” said member Fred Bowen. “Anything that
we could do to preserve that special part of the county, we should do
that.”
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