PTC Council to decide who should pay to refurbish subdivision entrance signs

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The wolf will be missing from the Feb. 19 meeting of the Peachtree City Council. Great Wolf Lodge of Georgia has postponed its rezoning request for an indoor water park on Aberdeen Parkway until a later date.

The council on Thursday will be considering other issues, such as a rezoning request by South-Tree Enterprises to subdivide industrial property on Ga. Highway 74 South and a subdivision entrance sign replacement policy.

The rezoning request by South-Tree owner Chuck Ogletree would have a 16.6-acre tract at the South 74 Industrial Park on Ga. Highway 74 South from GI (general industrial) to LUI-3 (limited use industrial) so the site can be divided into smaller tracts for marketing and financing purposes.

A portion of the property is the location of the Osmose Utility Services office building, warehouse building and testing yard currently under construction.

The Osmose project is situated on the south side of the property, Ogletree said, adding that the company has a long-term lease.

“Subdividing (the remaining portion of the site) will make it easier to market,” Ogletree told the Planning Commission on Feb. 9.

Planning commissioners voted unanimously to recommend approval of the rezoning request.

Also at the Feb. 19 meeting, the council will consider a subdivision sign policy that relates to the installation, repair and replacement of entry signs.

A portion of the policy relates to subdivision signs and replacement walls not under the jurisdiction of an established homeowner’s association.

As proposed, the policy calls for the city to spend a maximum of $3,500 per subdivision no more than once every five years.

Repairs will be limited to repainting the sign panel and/or the individual letters affixed to the support walls identifying the name of the subdivision.

Should a group of homeowners within a subdivision without an existing HOA want to replace their subdivision sign with something different than the approved signage, the proposal will have to be made to the planning department and public service department.

A subdivision without an established HOA will have to seek City Council approval to assume responsibility for ownership and maintenance of the sign. The HOA may be eligible a $3,500 city grant if funds are available.