What began May 25 as a proposed site plan for a Millbrook office condo development took a step backward by meeting’s end. Tyrone Planning Commissioners voted to regard the proposal as a conceptual site plan after they expressed several concerns with the project.

Board members agreed with Town Manager Barry Amos, who said the proposed elevations were attractive and reflected a residential flavor in keeping with the residential component of the Millbrook development.

The project fronts Old Senoia Road and calls for construction of three office condo buildings situated on 2.5 acres. The one-story buildings will provide a total of 13,345 square feet of office space.

The proposed site plan called for the three buildings to form a triangle inside the acreage, with two of the buildings housing three offices each and the third building containing five offices. The square footage of the offices ranged from 1,000-1,365 square feet.

David Peck of Morris Peck Development presented the plan, citing components such as a dedicated septic system and a dedicated greenbelt and drain field at the rear of the property.

Peck commented on the number of large oak trees present on the property. The plan, he said, was to keep as many of the trees as possible and to install a nice fencing area with landscaping and vegetation between the development and the residential property.

Assessing the proposed site plan, City Planner Jonathan Lewis noted several areas that required attention. He said the application was incomplete since it did not provide information such as property lines, locations of utilities or stormwater drainage.

Lewis said the setbacks should have been drawn from the edge of the pavement instead of the edge of the property line and that the dumpster would be difficult to access and should be relocated.

Also noted were the handicapped parking spaces that needed to be relocated and a pedestrian connection to adjacent businesses and those on the opposite side of Millbrook Lane that were not included on the plan. Another concern, said Lewis, was that the plan did not indicate the location of the specimen trees.

During a discussion of the project, Amos and board members acknowledged that the plan was a good one conceptually. After discussing the issues, board members agreed with Lewis that the proposed site plan was incomplete.

A motion was made and unanimously adopted to consider it a conceptual site plan. Doing so, said Amos, would allow the applicant to address the concerns and move forward with the process.

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