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‘Upscale shopping center’ to replace PTC’s Days InnTue, 05/16/2006 - 3:40pm
By: John Munford
Bye-bye, Days Inn. Hello, shopping. A commercial developer plans to construct an “upscale shopping center” on the western border of Peachtree City, south of Ga. Highway 54 on a parcel currently occupied by the Days Inn motel. Site plans have not yet been submitted for The Shoppes at Village Piazza, but developer Flexxon Operating of Sugar Hill, Ga. is asking the Peachtree City Council to consider a land swap for the development. The company would gain a small parcel with frontage off Hwy. 54 in exchange for part of a parcel that encompasses approximately 50 percent of the existing pond in the city’s Line Creek Nature Area, according to a memo to the City Council from City Planner David Rast. The land swap proposal will be considered by the City Council at its regular meeting Thursday night. “The city and the Southern Conservation Trust have been trying to acquire this property from the former owner for many years (through donation) as a way to protect the pond and increase the overall size of the nature area,” Rast said in the memo. Flexxon also is proposing to provide access to the nature area through the new shopping center, Rast said in the memo. The company has acquired the Days Inn tract in addition to another tract bordering to the west and south which is referred to as the Adamczyk tract. The total site is roughly nine acres in size, officials said. Flexxon will also assist with design and construction of the approach ramp to connect the shopping center with the “gateway” golf cart path bridge that will span Hwy. 54 in the area, Rast said. Because the land swap is a legal matter, the city’s planning staff have not formulated a recommendation about the proposal, Rast noted in the memo. “Should council elect to consider this request, the City Attorney has indicated that appraisals must be completed for each parcel, and the appraisals must show that the parcel being obtained by the city is of equal or greater value than the parcel that the city is swapping,” Rast wrote. The development will have to abide by the design guidelines created for the Hwy. 54 West corridor, Rast added. The Flexxon plan has not yet been presented to the Peachtree City Planning Commission. The company’s Web site states that Flexxon has been “predominantly a Publix developer for over 20 years” but has also worked with corporations such as K-Mart and Circuit City. In other business, council is expected to consider a 23-page ordinance governing design of future development in the city. The ordinance outlines general standards for site design, subdivision design, street design, building design and lighting design. Officials have said such an ordinance will help enhance areas of the city as they are re-developed in the future. Council will also consider awarding a bid to design a new spillway for Huddleston Pond. In March, city crews plugged a leak in the drainpipe system that caused the pond’s water level to drop. City staff is recommending approval of a bid from Schnabel Engineering in conjunction with Integrated Sciences and Engineering for an amount not to exceed $44,050. In a memo to council, City Engineer David Borkowski said the lake level drop has endangered the pond’s fish population. The drain pipe is rusted and leaking from underneath, and the dam is covered in pine trees with steep slopes, which also cause problems, Borkowski said. login to post comments
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