Friday, March 9, 2001
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Friday, March 9, 2001 |
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Senoia gets bigger By JOHN
THOMPSON
The city of Senoia got a little bigger Monday night. The city had submitted three annexation notices to the county and accepted a compromise agreement on two of the tracts at the City Council meeting this week. The first annexation is for the same 50 acres on Rockaway Road that led the county and Senoia to the Georgia Supreme Court last year. The county said the city could annex the property if the city agreed to maintain 1.6-acre lots on the perimeter of the property that borders the county. The county also asked the city to limit the property to single-family homes and allow the county's planners to examine the preliminary plats for the project. City Administrator Leonard Thompson said developer Steve Entrekin agreed with the county's stipulations and is seeking the city's new "green space" R-40 zoning. The zoning allows for a little bit higher density development, but stipulates that 25 percent of the land must be reserved for green space. Thompson estimates Entrekin could place 55 homes on the tract. Entrekin also has requested annexation for an 80-acre tract farther up Rockaway Road. He's also requesting green space rezoning for that parcel. The county placed the same restrictions on this parcel as Entrekin's other parcel, and he also agreed with the county's wishes. The final tract being considered for annexation is a 100-acre tract near Southern Mills. The city plans to use the area for a spray field for its newly developed sewer system. County and city leaders were not able to reach agreement on this property, so the issue heads to mediation. The council appointed Mayor Joan Trammell and City Attorney Drew Whalen to represent the city. City officials could not say when the mediation might occur.
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