PTC Planning Commission finalizing update of city's master land use plan

By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com

For the past several months, the Peachtree City Planning Commission has been busy working on updating the city's land use plan.

The plan, which is used to guide development in Peachtree City, has been presented by city staff with few changes to the recommended uses for the few undeveloped parcels left in the city.

The major change is for undeveloped property currently zoned for industrial use that's on Ga. Highway 74 North. City staff want the Planning Commission to change that designation to office-institutional since several residential subdivisions are going up nearby.

The land use plan, which is a guide to development in the city, is updated approximately every five years. It helps the city establish a plan to grow by indicating zoning designations for undeveloped properties.

On the multi-family housing front, there's only one property left in the city that's zoned for that, said City Planner David Rast. Currently, there's a plan submitted to build an assisted-living complex on that property, which is at the intersection of Crosstown Drive and Peachtree Parkway, Rast said.

"No other properties are land use planned or zoned for multi-family," Rast said, adding that new multi-family housing areas won't likely be added anytime soon.

Other than the land that could be changed from industrial to office-institutional, there are no substantial changes planned for the land use plan.

There's not a lot of property left," Rast said. "Or if it is left, it's land use planned and zoned like it needs to be."

The final version of the land use plan could be presented to the commission at a meeting in January, Rast said. The entire plan will be summarized at that time before any official action, he added.

The commission has provided good input to the plan as city staff presented their recommendations, Rast said. But he thinks the commission will begin to study other options to help control the growth of the city through use of zoning overlays and architectural controls.

Peachtree City is also running out of room for large commercial stores. But the city plans to focus on the older shopping centers like Aberdeen and Willowbend since they could be purchased and redeveloped or torn down for the development of a new shopping center.

"Who knows what may come in here in the next few years," Rast said. "Especially with retail and commercial properties starting to max out. I think you're going to be looking at a lot of redevelopment."

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