Friday, September 13, 2002
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Friday, September 13, 2002 |
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Open space rezonings of PTC facilities, rec areas approved by Planning Commission By JOHN
MUNFORD The Peachtree City Planning Commission approved a small number of "housekeeping" rezonings at its meeting Monday night. The action reclassified 14 properties, most of which are city-owned, as open space, including Drake Field, Pebblepocket Park, Riley Field, the boat docks and ramp on Pinecrest Drive and Peachtree Elementary School. Also reclassified as open space were city facilities such as the new police station, Neely Fire Station, Leach Fire Station and the municipal complex, which includes City Hall and the library. Three cemeteries in the city were also designated as open space under the rezonings. The rezonings will not be finalized until they are approved by the City Council at an upcoming meeting. The commission also approved a landscape plan for the new Ethan Allen furniture showroom in the Marketplace retail center near the intersection of Ga. highways 54 and 74. The commission also met in a workshop format with developers who want to have a tract on Hwy. 74 rezoned from agriculture-residential to limited use commercial. The plans for the property would include two retail buildings, one of which would host a Dalton West Carpets showroom. The property, known as the Leach Tract, is near Wisdom Road on Highway 74 north and borders the Fairfield subdivision. Fairfield residents are concerned with buffering issues and making sure the type of business brought to the other retail building is appropriate. For example, a spokesman for the Fairfield neighborhood said a restaurant, which can create offensive odors, would not be a good choice for the second building. "What we do here will set the tone for the rest of the area," said Planning Commissioner Rich Schumacher. "What I saw tonight I'd never approve, with the dumpsters facing back to the people." Commissioners suggested the applicant change the design of the site layout, including the possible elimination of a planned access road behind the parcel. The city's land use plan calls for the property to be developed for office-institutional use. "I'm going to need a more compelling reason to go against the land use plan and not go O-I," Schumacher said.
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