TCG

Holdings Inc.'s plan to put 49 homes on 178 acres

on Ga. Highway 92 south is compatible with the

Fayette County's land use plan, the Planning

Commission decided last week.

But

reducing the number of homes to the 30 or so that

would be allowed under the land's current zoning

is also in keeping with the land use plan,

commissioners said.

The

group voted 3-2 to recommend denial of owner

Addie Oakley's request to change the zoning from

A-R (agricultural-residential), which requires

minimum five-acre lots, to R-80, which allows

subdivisions with three-acre lots.

"If

this were sitting somewhere else where you didn't

have the sensitive area, it wouldn't be a

problem," said commissioner Jim Graw, but he

voted against the motion to deny the rezoning,

saying the proposals fits within the land use

plan.

But

the proposed subdivision is surrounded with A-R

zoning, said commissioner Fred Bowen, adding that

home sites as large as 25 acres are in the

vicinity.

"It's

the culture of the neighborhood," he said.

"And we've concerned ourselves with

protecting the Woolsey area in particular,"

he added.

Sensitive

wetlands abound in the area, and the Health

Department has reported problems with septic

systems there, said commission Chairman Bob

Harbison.

Commissioner

Al Gilbert joined Graw in voting against the

motion to deny.

The

County Commission will hear the request Dec. 9.

The commission's Nov. 11 and Nov. 25 meetings

have been cancelled due to conflicts with

holidays.

Also

on the Dec. 9 agenda will be the Planning

Commission's positive recommendation on changes

to the county's laws on use of temporary

classrooms by churches.

As

interpreted by county officials, the current law

would prohibit a church from getting a permit to

use temporary classrooms during construction of

expanded facilities if the church used the

trailers previously during original construction.

The new language would allow use of the temporary

classrooms during subsequent expansion projects.

set of amendments to the county's land use plan

also received the planning panel's recommendation

and will be on the commission agenda.

The

group unanimously voted to recommend:

Changing

the name of flood plains in the plan from

"parks and open space" to

"conservation areas," to avoid

confusion. Many people see the old designation on

land use maps and expect to see parks developed

in those areas, said planning director Chris

Venice.

Changing

the anticipated land use on Ga. Highway 74 north

from light industrial to low-density

agricultural.

Changing

the designation of an area just west of Brooks

from light industrial to low-density

agricultural.

Changing

the designation of an area on the south side of

Ga. Highway 54 east from light industrial to a

combination of office-institutional and

residential.

Changing

the expected use of land at the Westbridge

Road/Ga. Highway 92 intersection from commercial

to limited commercial.

Removing

color references from land use maps. Planners are

now using a system of grid patterns to designate

different land uses.

Removing

a letter-sized land use map from the land use

plan document. The map is too hard to read, said

Venice, and residents wanting information about

specific parcels should look at the poster-sized

map available in the planning office, she said.

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