New

architectural standards are now in effect for Ga.

Highway 314.

County

Commissioners Thursday unanimously approved the

same standards for Hwy. 314 that are in place for

Ga. Highway 54 between Fayetteville and Peachtree

City.

Creation

of the special architectural "overlay"

district is designed to solve a common problem on

once-rural roads where widening projects make

residents want to move elsewhere.

Residents

in such situations say they can't sell their

homes unless they can get office or commercial

zoning, but county planners are reluctant to

grant such zoning because it creates commercial

congestion.

The

overlay standards allow the homes along such

corridors to be used as offices, but they must

maintain a residential appearance, and share

driveways as much as possible.

In

other zoning action Thursday, commissioners:

� Approved one-acre

residential zoning for the final phase of Jeff

Davis Plantation subdivision. Developer Frank

Love promised to build homes of at least 2,300

square feet, and although the R-45 zoning he

requested allows one-acre lots, the average lot

size in the 33.88-acre development would be 2.42

acres.

� Denied Larry Landrum's

request for industrial zoning for 28.15 acres on

Rockwood Road between Tyrone and Peachtree City.

The county Planning Commission voted to recommend

denial after having tabled the matter twice at

the request of developers Integrated Science and

Engineering.

The

firm also asked the County Commission to table

the request, but the group voted to deny the

rezoning petition instead. No one was present at

either meeting to speak for the request.

� Approved a

"housekeeping" request from Robert

Rolader to rezone a 60-foot strip of land in

Jackson Estates on Antioch Road from R-72

(allowing two-acre lots) to A-R, which allows

five-acre lots.

The

land is part of several lots in the planned

subdivision and received its current zoning as

part of a previous plan for adjoining land that

was scrapped.