Roughly 20 residents of the Lexington Park subdivision appeared at Thursday night’s Peachtree City Council meeting to oppose plans for a package store right next to their neighborhood.

But because the property is correctly zoned for the store, and all requirements to qualify for a liquor license had been met, council voted unanimously to approve the license application.

Concerned citizens will get another crack at shaping the project when the site plan design appears at a future meeting of the Peachtree City Planning Commission, noted City Councilman Stuart Kourajian.

Lexington Park homeowner Lisa Stewart had urged the vote be postponed for two weeks so each council member could personally visit the site. But City Attorney Ted Meeker said there was no legal reason council could withhold the license.

One Lexington Park homeowner complained that although there is a 50-foot greenbelt buffer between the future location of Katie’s, there are townhomes with tiny backyards on the other side of the buffer.

Katie’s will be located adjacent to the vacant Buckhead Brewery restaurant. It meets the alcohol license criteria for being far enough away from nearby McIntosh High School and Holy Trinity Catholic Church.

A spokesperson for the business said the store will be “a reputable business that will probably be better than what else might go out in your backyard.”

In other business, council approved alcohol sales licenses for J.R. Cricket’s restaurant, which will be located in the Braelinn Village shopping center, and for Grinds&Wines, a coffee and wine store, that will be on Ga. Highway 74 north in the old Georgia Shrimp Company location.

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