A proposal to replace three homes on 14 acres with a 46-home cluster subdivision off Robinson Road will be considered by the Peachtree City Planning Commission Monday night.

The three tracts are located in between Spear Road and the Peachtree City United Methodist Church. They currently are zoned estate residential, which requires a minimum lot size of three acres. The three parcels are earmarked for low density single family development on the city’s land use plan.

At the most recent commission meeting, the plan drew significant criticism from a number of neighbors who live nearby.

About 20 people stuck around until the end of the meeting when the issue was raised, and only one person spoke in favor of the project ... and it happened to be one of the landowners who plans to sell his property to the developer for the project.

Several citizens argued that moving from three homes to 46 would ruin the character of the area. Many homes on the west side of Robinson Road are zoned for minimum lot sizes of one acre. Homes on Spear Road behind the proposed development are zoned estate residential, which calls for a minimum lot size of three acres.

It was also argued that if the rezoning were to be allowed, it would set a precedent for similar rezonings in the city. The planning commission will only be making a recommendation to the City Council, which has the final say-so on the matter.

The density of the proposal was also questioned by several planning commissioners, and Chairman Marty Mullin said he couldn’t support the density. Another issue was the lack of greenspace opportunities on the site.

The developer, William Gibson Jr. of Georgia Classic Homes, said he was looking to repeat the success of the Ashton Park subdivision in south Peachtree City, and he noted that all of the homes would be custom built. The homes would be priced at $400,000 and up and would be targeted at empty nesters, Gibson said.

The subdivision would have little to no impact on the school system, Gibson added.

Gibson said it wouldn’t work financially to develop the subdivision with one-acre lots in part because it will cost $250,000 to put in a pump station for sewer service. The lots are currently served by septic tanks.

Several neighbors vowed to attend every city meeting at which the issue would be discussed in an effort to defeat Gibson’s plan.