Wednesday, April 18, 2001
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Wednesday, April 18, 2001 |
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Publix center in Tyrone faces council questions By JOHN THOMPSON
The Tyrone Town Council will have to mull over more than 20 recommendations if it wants to approve a Publix shopping center for the town in May. The recommendations were delivered by Town Manager Barry Amos during last week's meeting of the Planning Commission. The shopping center features a 54,000-sq. ft. Publix grocery store, along with more than 20,000 square feet of adjacent retail space on Ga. Highway 74 and Carriage Lane Road. The site is part of the John Wieland Planned Unit Development that city leaders fought in the late '90s. The city took Wieland to court and lost, so the shopping center will be built. Now, the question is how many restrictions the town can place on it. Developer Bill Candler said he wants to develop a quality center that residents can use and be proud it is in their town. "This is not going to be another Riverdale shopping center," he pledged. Candler showed the commission an artist's rendering of the site and said he would be glad to work with the town on some of the details surrounding the project. After Candler spoke, Amos said he had several questions concerning the center including when it would be developed. Candler said he hoped to start this summer and the project would take 13-14 months to complete. Amos also disagreed with a proposed curb cut on Hwy. 74 and questioned what kind of signage would be on the property. Other concerns he expressed were hours of tractor trailers showing up at the stores, lack of building elevations provided the town and too many parking spaces. Amos said the center requires 350 spaces, but Candler shows 441 on the preliminary plan. Candler said he had just received Amos' concerns earlier that day and would deal with each of them. Commission Chairman Lyn Redwood said she wants the matter to come back to the commission after Candler deals with the issues, but City Attorney Brad Sears said Candler would not be required to do that under the court order allowing the PUD to be built. The commission reluctantly voted to approve the center with Amos' concerns and Redwood asked Candler to see what he could do about the curb cut on Hwy. 74 and the number of parking spaces. This week, the Town Council will decide on an office park at the intersection of Hwy. 74 and Dogwood Trail. The office development would be on a 44-acre tract and was continued from the last council meeting. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at Town Hall.
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