Wednesday, September 26, 2001
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Wednesday, September 26, 2001 |
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Cannon fires rebuke at county for stop sign refusal
By JOHN
THOMPSON
Tyrone Councilman Ronnie Cannon unloaded last week on the Fayette County government's decision not to place a stop sign at what he terms a dangerous intersection. Cannon said the intersection of Jenkins Road and Ellison Road needs a four-way stop because of all the traffic generated by the schools at the Sandy Creek complex. The councilman is peeved at the county's reluctance to erect the signs. "You'd think I was trying to pull teeth. They just don't want to work with us," he said. Cannon said the county is basing its reluctance on a 1988 traffic study, adding it's clear that something needs to be done at the busy intersection. "It's just based on common sense. They need to get their head out of a book. It's that type of arrogance that burns my tail," he said. Cannon said if the county could not afford the signs that Tyrone would gladly pay the $120 for the four signs. "We'll buy the stop signs before somebody gets killed," he said. Cannon has been at the forefront of charges from city leaders over the past three years that their residents don't receive their fair share of services from Fayette County for the taxes they pay. In other action last week the council also approved a 32-acre annexation despite concerns expressed by the county government. County Commission Chairman Greg Dunn wrote to the town expressing the commission's concern over annexing the property when the property owner, R.L. Jennings, has not indicated how he plans to use the property. Lisa Richardson, Tyrone mayor protempore, wrote in reply that the town is not required to have that information before annexing property. "It's not a requirement of state law nor is it a town requirement" that development plans be attached to annexation requests, Town Manager Barry Amos told The Citizen. The land, on Trickum Creek Road, comes into the town with a zoning designation of AR, a residential category that requires a minimum of three acres per home site. In other news from last week's meeting, the council Approved changing the zoning category of a 68-acre site on Ga. Highway 74 and Dogwood Trail from Agricultural Residential to Educational Institution for Braelinn Baptist Church. The church will build its new sanctuary at the site. Said yes to an annexation request from R.L. Jennings for a 32-acre site on Trickum Creek Road. Jennings has not disclosed what type of development he wants on the property and the property comes into the city in an AR zoning district. Approved a rezoning by Bob Mooney of Cobblestone Development to build 65 homes on a 77-acre site near the Pendleton subdivision. Mooney originally asked the Tyrone Planning Commission last month to approve a rezoning from AR, which requires three-acre lots, to R-48, which allows one-acre lots. But Mooney said the development would work better if the commission would allow a clustering development on half-acre sites that would mimic the pastel-colored homes of Seaside in the Florida panhandle. The homes would be tightly packed together and the development would feature six pocket parks. But because Tyrone currently does not have a zoning category that allows half-acre lots, the commission decided to approve the rezoning to R-48 and said the Town Council would have to decide Thursday night if it wants to create an ordinance allowing smaller lots. But council members were not inclined to go for the smaller lots. "In a survey that we did of our people, 86 percent said they preferred a one-acre lot size," said Cannon. Mooney said the development would feature homes a minimum of 2,400 square feet in size and priced between $350,000 and $500,000.
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