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Bellemeade annex OK’d by council

88 homes will join city under agreements with developer, county

By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@thecitizennews.com

The Fayetteville City Council has agreed to require traffic improvements to Redwine Road as part of annexing a 108-acre tract on Redwine Road for an 88-home subdivision.

The traffic improvements are written into the development agreement for the annexation of the Bellemeade subdivision, which is located on Redwine and bordered by Hawn and Old Senoia roads. That agreement was approved by council at its meeting Thursday night.

The first traffic improvement will be installing a three-way stop at the second entrance to the Lakemont subdivision. Residents there have complained it is difficult to turn onto Redwine to go north because of school traffic in the mornings.

The city will also have 24 months after it accepts the streets and roads of the subdivision to require the developer to install other traffic improvements, including:

• Acceleration and deceleration lanes anywhere in the Redwine corridor abutting the Bellemeade property.

• Installing a traffic light at any intersection in the Redwine corridor abutting the Bellemeade property.

• Installing more stop signs at intersections along Redwine or improving public road signage along the corridor.

If the city requires any or all of those traffic improvements, the developer will have 12 months to complete them once notified in writing, according to the agreement.

The subdivision will include 36.5 acres of open space and a half-mile paved jogging trail.

In addition to approving the annexation Thursday night, council approved the annexation agreement with the county, which had asked that several homes be reduced from the original plan.