By KAY S. PEDROTTI
Staff Writer

What may be the "second to last" telecommunications tower for Peachtree City was approved unanimously by the Planning Commission Monday.

Jim Williams, city director for development services, said the vote was somewhat unusual because the commission is generally divided on the question of placing towers in Peachtree City at all. But "this was a good plan," he said, submitted by GRID Towers for a site on city property at Ga. Highway 74 and Rockaway Road. Williams said the 190-foot structure will "round out" locations for towers in the southern area of the city near Coweta County, "and we'll just have to see what the future brings" for other tower locations.

Only one more is planned, probably north of the city.

Commissioners postponed two relatively controversial items on their agenda until the Sept. 28 meeting.

Eric Edee, apartment builder in litigation with the city over its moratorium on apartment construction, had sought a change in the zoning category for a four-acre parcel from agricultural to GR-10, which permits apartments.

Williams explained that the tract is surrounded by a 17-acre parcel owned by Edee that is already zoned GR-10. The rezoning application for the four-acre tract included a site plan, but the plan did not "identify the limits for clearing along (Hwy.) 74, which would help us make a recommendation on the rezoning," Williams added.

The commission also postponed discussion on a wetlands mitigation situation at the Flat Creek Golf Course. Williams explained that the golf course owner was unable to be present and had asked for the continuance.

The commission approved a conceptual site plan for MEI Corporation, a distribution facility, on Dividend Court.

A public hearing on proposed improvements to Sumner Road brought out something new for consideration, Williams said. Various residents of the area spoke about how the small dirt road helps traffic from the growing area to get to an intersection with Ga. Highway 54 that has a traffic light, so the road needs to stay open and be improved. However, Williams noted, residents do not want to see it become a high-speed collector road, but remain a residential street.