The Peachtree City Council is being asked to allow a development in unincorporated Fayette County to tap into city sewer lines along Ga. Highway 54 East.

The request for the existing Governor’s Square commercial-office complex will be considered at Thursday night's city council meeting.

Because of capacity problems with the development’s septic system, the health department has denied permits for new restaurants to move into the center, according to a memo from city staff to council members.

For the sewer line to be extended to the development, the connection would be made through existing right of way for the road, according to the proposal.

Doing so would put the sewer line directly in front of the Peachtree East shopping center. That could potentially trigger a state law that requires sewer hookups for developments within 500 feet of a sanitary sewer system, thus requiring Peachtree East to be served by city sewer.

Over the years, Peachtree City has kept its sewer lines within the city limits with very few exceptions. Fayette County does not have its own sewer system, which has in turn inhibited residential growth in the county due to the minimum lot size requirement for septic fields.

In 2006, the city council voted unanimously to deny a request from the city of Senoia to allow it to send up to 500,000 gallons of sewage a day to be treated at a city sewer plant.

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