City Planner David Rast announced at the beginning of tonight’s Peachtree City Planning Commission meeting that William Gibson Jr. of Georgia Classic Homes withdrew his request to rezone the Freeman, Jones and Carter tracts at the northeast corner of Robinson Road and Spear Road from ER (estate residential) to LUR (limited use residential).

Rast’s announcement elicited applause from the sizable crowd. The vast majority of the crowd left immediately after Rast’s announcement.

Gibson informed Rast of his decision via e-mail at 10 a.m. today.

“He sensed the opposition,” Rast said. “He did not want to fight anybody and create a bad name for himself.”

Gibson had wanted to combine the three tracts into one parcel and develop a 46-lot cluster residential subdivision.

He received opposition from many citizens and several planning commissioners.

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