Friday, September 14, 2001
Friday, September 14, 2001 |
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West PTC annexation gets council approval; 80 acre site will be part of 350-home subdivision By JOHN
MUNFORD
The Peachtree City Council has approved a plan to annex 80 acres in the northwest quadrant of the city. The annexation was approved at council's meeting last week after a few details were hammered out. The land will be zoned GR-4 to accommodate the cluster home design elements and townhomes planned for the property, said Mayor Bob Lenox. The property, which is bordered on three sides by the city limits, will become part of a 350-home subdivision developed by John Wieland Homes. Plans for the subdivision must still go through the normal review process with the city's Planning Commission. John Wieland Homes will donate about 19 acres to the Fayette County Board of Education for an elementary school site. School officials have agreed to accept the site; however, it is not clear when a school will be built there, said Mike Satterfield of the Fayette County School System. Satterfield added that a school will have to be built to serve all the new residential developments in the area; that area is currently in the Peachtree City Elementary district. "The superintendent and school board feel comfortable with this site," Satterfield said, adding that it will be large enough to build the county's prototype elementary school building. Dan Fields, vice president of John Wieland Homes, originally said if the school wasn't built in five years the company wanted the land to revert to its possession. He later committed to waiting eight years and agreed that even if that occurred, no development would take place on the site. But the company wants possession of the school site for tax purposes if the school isn't built. The matter will be negotiated between city staff and John Wieland Homes and brought back to council for approval, said Mayor Bob Lenox. "The overall intent is for green space and that we are agreeable to," Fields said, adding that the company won't build more than 350 homes in the subdivision. The Fayette County Commission had informed the city it wanted assurances the site would remain open space if the school wasn't built. Also included on the plans is a one-acre site John Wieland Homes will donate to the city for a fire station. The company will extend MacDuff Parkway to the northern boundary of the property. The city intends to have MacDuff Parkway eventually link up with Ga. Highway 74 (near Wisdom Road/at the AT&T Cable building), Lenox said. But that depends on when property to the north, which is located in the county and owned by Pathway Communities, is developed, he added. Fields said the company reduced the number of townhomes adjacent to the Wynnmeade subdivision from 65 to about 35. He also said the company will limit the amount of rental units to 20 percent through deed covenants.
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