We have to let city council know that we don't want this! With more shopping centers comes more traffic and crime!! We need to write our city council and let them know we are against this!

Its not going away. You can't just "stop" it.

That's just it. The current zoning has been in place for years.

Now we have a builder who was arrogant enough to buy it thinking that he would get all kinds of special favors and amendments so he could do whatever he wanted to OUTSIDE of the current code and zoning.

That is the problem. We have a low caliber idiot who thought he could do whatever he wanted to.

The lesson here is that if you buy property make sure your building plans match with the current zoning and codes that pertain to the property. If you have plans that are not covered in the current zoning then you are taking a huge risk, and the risk is all yours.

Expecting special favors was a HUGE gamble on the part of this developer.

"with more shopping centers comes more traffic and crime"...that tells me that someone doesn't want anymore shopping centers. In other words, don't let them build a shopping center here. My comment back to them was simply, the zoning is in place. jsmith simply didn't seem to care that the zoning was in place and wanted no more centers to be built. I realize the developers are asking for a change, the Council owes it to PTC to look at said change and see if it makes any sense at all.

All the while, keep in mind Coweta will allow ANYTHING to be built just over the County border...this will impact us much more than swapping a little footage around on this center.

I do think it's in our best interest for the Council to work with developers to get the very best for PTC. More landscaping, setbacks, etc...

All that said, do we really need to guess how this Council will vote on most anything? Frankly, I see no need in even having an article about it beforehand.

You are right about Coweta allowing anything to be built. I don't see our economy turning around any time soon.

Give us a break Spyglass!!! Use your cotton picking noodle!!!

No they can't do whatever they want. They should've never been allowed to build big box stores there either.

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they could do "whatever they want". If you can show me where I said that, I'll gladly stfu about it. Frankly, I won't hold my breath.

That said, all I ask of the Council is to try and get the best possible development for the Citizens of PTC, within the zoning restraints of the property.

Off topic, I love to visit Battery Park there in your neck of the woods. How is that park viewed by its neighbors? just curious

I enjoy watching sunsets there myself...I have Neices and Nephews who enjoy going there too. It's nice in the summer, watching folks fish etc (most throw away their bait buckets) ..you never know what you will see. Pretty good people watching at times.

It is fairly well patrolled by the Police and the Park Monitor...that's the job I even I think I could handle.

Sometimes the folks who come through with their carts wide open amaze me. It seems to be either Golfers or Kids not paying attention.

If a 65,000 square foot individual store was in the zoning code regulations, then there would be no need to go through this exercise. The council is being asked to provide a variance. One that would allow others to craft similar variances and have legal standing to challenge if denied. Let's stop the variance approvals now and if we want to change the code, then lets talk about doing that wholesale. There are mechanisms to make that happen in a planned manner. That is what professionals should do.

Others, who just want the development stopped, not so much.

The zoning variances of the last City Council have left PTC vulnerable to legal challenges. Revise the Comprehensive Plan, if necessary, but stop the variances as they can appear to be arbitrary and can also appear to be influenced by "Friends of the Council".

The rules should work the same for everyone, not just for those who have connections. I believe our new Council understands that - for now. It's up to all of us to hold our Council members accountable for their votes and for following their campaign pledges on these issues.

This Thursday's PTC City Council meeting will be streamed live on the internet. If you can't be there live, view it online.

good idea. I assume it will be linked from the City Website?