The City Council of

Peachtree City struck down the most recent request for

annexation, sending a message that it would require

extraordinary circumstances for a precedent to be set in

that area anytime soon.

The city is under a

moratorium on annexations, and council members said they

are content to leave that in place for now.

Bob Adams of Bob Adams

Homes made the application on behalf of Mr. and Mrs.

Robert House, owners of a 12.52-acre tract next to

Peachtree City and within the town limits of Tyrone.

Debbie Loud, a representative of Adams, told the council

that the land owners wished to change from a commercial

to a residential zoning, which she thought was

"refreshing." Adams wished to build about four

homes per acre on the tract.

Adams had made a formal

request that the city lift its moratorium on annexation,

but Mayor Pro Tempore Annie McMenamin said that she saw

nothing in this request to make her want to do so.

Loud pointed out again the

possibility that if the site is not annexed, it could

receive commercial development under much different

guidelines than what Peachtree City allows, but McMenamin

maintained that she was not inclined to set a precedent

here.

Her motion to deny the

annexation request carried unanimously. Adams said

earlier this week that he was disappointed by the ruling,

but he would not fight it and would not pursue it any

further.

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