Friday, August 17, 2001
Friday, August 17, 2001 |
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Details worked out for Live Oaks subdivision north of Wynnmeade By JOHN MUNFORD A 107-home subdivision north of the Wynnmeade subdivision has been given a green light by the Peachtree City Planning Commission. The 81.3-acre Live Oaks subdivision will be connected to Wynnmeade at North Meade Drive and Wynnmeade Parkway. It will also connect to MacDuff Parkway through an access road. The access road will be located further south than originally planned which will make the proposed school site adjacent to the proposed subdivision more suitable for the school board. The school site is on land currently located out of the city limits. It is part of land that could be annexed into the city under a proposal from John Wieland Homes for its 350-home Centennial subdivision. According to fire officials, the access road to Live Oaks off MacDuff Parkway is key to decreasing the response times to the subdivision. Without the access road, response times will range up to 10 minutes from the nearest station at Paschal Road, according to Fire Marshal John Dailey. The connections to North Meade and Wynnmeade parkways must be barricaded to all traffic except emergency vehicles until 80 percent of the homes in Live Oaks are issued certificates of occupancy. The access road will serve as the main construction entrance, keeping that traffic from going through Wynnmeade, one original concern of the Wynnmeade Homeowners Association. The developer of the subdivision, Piedmont Properties, also wants to trade land to the city in return for an existing city park that would become part of the new subdivision. The proposed trade would give the city two undeveloped areas at the current entrance to Wynnmeade off Ga. Highway 54 which would be converted into a city park. The final decision on the proposed trade will be left up to the City Council however. Although Wynnmeade resident Orville Barber opposed the land swap for the park area, another Wynnmeade resident supported the idea, saying it would be more acceptable than the park it would replace. "We are in dire need of a park for our children," said Merrilyn Arnold, who is secretary of the Wynnmeade Homeowners Association. City Planner David Rast said the recreation department is looking to build two tot lots in the subdivision also. Barber also complained that Live Oaks should be restricted by Wynnmeade's covenants since it is an extension of Wynnmeade. But Marvin Isenberg of Piedmont Properties said Live Oaks is a separate subdivision and would have its own covenants instead. The city is also requiring Piedmont Properties to include covenants for the subdivision that limit the number of rental units to no more than 20 percent of the total homes in the subdivision. Isenberg said the price range of homes in the subdivision would be from $160,000 to $200,000.
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