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Wynnmeade home halted

By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com

A new home built in the Wynnmeade subdivision in Peachtree City cannot be lived in because the building encroaches into the front and side setbacks for the parcel.

The two-story home, at 307 Wynnmeade Parkway, is almost totally complete but now may be demolished after the city council denied a variance for it Thursday night.

The error could have been found had the developer done a foundation survey before the rest of the house was built, City Planner David Rast noted.

The parcel is on a .373-acre tract that city officials had warned developers would be difficult to build on, Rast said. Despite the proximity of the 100-year flood plain, there was still room on the site for the house to be shifted away to meet the setback requirements, Rast noted.

The house, built by Southern Empire Homes, was still under construction when the city issued a stop work order after the foundation survey was submitted Aug. 9, officials said.

The home encroaches 2.9 feet into the front setback and 3.1 feet into the side setback, Rast said.

In a letter to the city, Paul Trolinger of Southern Empire Homes said it was difficult to build on the lot due to the flood plain taking up 90 percent of the lot. The mistake was unintentional, he added.

The variance was denied by a unanimous vote of the council.

Mayor Steve Brown pointed out that previous variance denials have required builders to take several feet off of already-built homes.