A pair of residential rezoning applications are on the agenda for Thursday afternoon’s Fayette County Board of Commissioners meeting, including a large tract in the center of the county.
The rezoning request in the central part of the county between Fayetteville and Peachtree City is moving forward with a public hearing.
Davis, LLC and agent Rick Halbert are petitioning that 63.89 acres on Davis Road be rezoned from A-R to R-40 for a single-family residential subdivision.
Under the county’s zoning structure, R-40 is considered low density and would allow at a minimum one-acre lots.
County staff and the Planning Commission have recommended approval of the request with one condition, according to supporting documents:
“The owner/developer shall provide, at no cost to Fayette County, a quit-claim deed for 40 feet of right-of-way as measured from the centerline of Davis Road prior to the approval of the Minor Subdivision Plat and said dedication area shall be shown on the Minor Subdivision Plat.”
It was further stated that this condition is to ensure the provision of adequate right-of-way for future road improvements.
The property is bound on the north and west by a 235-acre tract that is the undeveloped portion of Waterlace subdivision.
To the south across Davis Road is undeveloped land, and to east is some undeveloped land as well as a greenspace area for Stonebriar West subdivision that is in the city of Fayetteville.
Dhanani submitted a letter Sept. 2 to the Planning Commission requesting withdrawal, stating that he would reschedule a rezoning request “once the issues have been corrected.”
According to the discussion at the Nov. 6 Planning Commission meeting, the request had already been tabled for 60 days with the main problem being that the property did not have enough width for the road to meet county requirements and the developer had been attempting to acquire some adjacent property.
Another rezoning request likely won’t be heard. Sohel Dhanani has asked to withdraw his request to rezone 34.277 acres on Westbridge Road from A-R to R-40. The property consists of 19 lots and the plan is for a residential subdivision.
Some problems with the property meeting county requirements have led to Dhanani’s decision to try again at a later date.
At that time Dhanani had made known his plan to return sometime in the future and the Planning Commission discussion indicated that it was standard procedure to honor a withdrawal request when one is made.
The Planning Commission voted 4-0 in favor of the withdrawal request. Now it is up to the Board of Commissioners to decide whether to make the withdrawal official.
The Fayette County Board of Commissioners has made a slight scheduling change regarding this month’s meetings.
First, there will be only on meeting this month because of the holidays. The board typically meets the second and fourth Thursday of each month and the fourth Thursday is Christmas Day.
This week’s meeting has been moved from its regular time in the evening to 4 p.m.
The board plans to recognize outgoing commissioner Allen McCarty for his years of service. McCarty, a Republican, has served one four-year at-large term and was defeated by Democrat Pota Coston last month in his bid for re-election in a newly drawn majority-minority voting district.
Public hearings are also scheduled to consider a proposed ordinance dealing with greenhouses and a transfer of alcohol license for Sequoia Golf Whitewater, LLC.
The consent agenda includes a recommendation to enter into a $3,500 contract with the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government for a classification and compensation study solely of the information technology department and up to six positions. A larger pay study covering nearly all county departments was considered and rejected by the board last month.
Also on the consent agenda are a proposed 2015 meeting schedule and board Chairman Steve Brown’s recommendation to declare Dec. 26 an additional paid holiday for county employees.
New business includes the consideration of three appointees to the county’s library board representing Peachtree City, Tyrone and Brooks, as well as an appointment to the ethics board.
The board will consider Commissioner Randy Ognio’s recommendation to request that the legislative delegation consider changes to the statute governing the use of fluoride in drinking water, as well as McCarty’s recommendation that the national motto “In God We Trust” be displayed prominently in the commissioners’ meeting room.
The Board of Commissioners meets Thursday at 4 p.m. at the county administrative complex in Fayetteville.
