Staff

Writer

Questions

remain about the possibility of development on one corner

of the proposed Line Creek Parkway where it originates at

Ga. Highway 54.

Ram

Development Group last month received city Planning

Commission approval of a schematic site plan for

commercial outparcels at the site, but has requested a

legal interpretation of one of the conditions handed down

when the site plan was approved.

The

Planning Commission had limited commercial development on

the west side of the parkway, next to the Wynnmeade

subdivision. Ram has countered that the original

settlement, stemming from litigation years ago in regard

to apartment development in the area, does not

specifically state that the property must remain open

space.

Line Creek

Parkway, as it is now proposed, will start at Hwy. 54

directly across from Days Inn, extending about 2,000 feet

to the city limits. Ultimately, if land on the west side

is annexed into the city, it could connect with the

northern end of the Kedron Drive loop, near the Belvedere

and Sagamore developments.

At Monday

night's regular Planning Commission meeting, city planner

David Rast reported that he had spoken with the city

attorney that afternoon, who had not finished researching

the issue at that time. Rast also spoke to the applicant

Monday, and said that Ram wished the matter tabled.

Another

issue concerning the parkway was addressed Monday night,

as Mike Rossetti of Ravin Homes received approval for his

request to use approximately three acres of the adjacent

Katz property as a borrow area for dirt needed to

construct the road.

Rossetti,

whose request was tabled at the previous meeting because

he did not attend, pointed out that bringing in dirt from

elsewhere would raise serious cost and safety factors.

A site

measuring approximately 225 by 600 feet was approved by

the commission. One Wynnmeade resident expressed concerns

that if more dirt is needed in the future, it could be

scraped from right up next to his back property line.

Planning

Commission Chairman Julian Campbell Jr. assured him and

other residents that any expansion or deviation from this

specific request would have to come before the Planning

Commission again and be approved separately.

Campbell

moved to approve the request with the usual stipulations,

Willis Granger seconded, and the motion carried

unanimously.

In other

Planning Commission business, a scheduled public hearing,

for the proposed rezoning of the Hyde/Palmer property on

Old Stagecoach Road to LUR (limited use residential), was

tabled.

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