Two

variance hearings highlight a very light agenda

for tomorrow night's City Council meeting in

Peachtree City.

Chadwick

Homes is building a home and free-standing garage

on a Kedron Hills lot owned by James Herrin. The

required rear setback has been encroached because

of an error in the layout of the garage,

according to city staff reports.

The

setback requirement is 30 feet. The garage

extends into the setback a maximum of 3.3 feet.

Construction was in an "advance stage"

when it was discovered, according to city staff,

and the area next to the rear setback is in

unincorporated Fayette County.

Neither

the Fayette County Planning Department nor the

next door property owner has responded to the

incident, although both parties have been

contacted by the city.

Because

the encroachment is relatively minor and was

accidental, city staff recommends approval of the

variance. The adjoining property, zoned

agricultural by the county, is unlikely to be

affected in the near future, staff said.

In

an unrelated request, John Barrow is developing

an 18,000-sq. ft. commercial complex on a

1.9-acre tract on Ga. Highway 74 on the south

side of the convenience store at Wisdom Road.

The

site plan has been approved by the Peachtree City

Planning Commission, contingent on Barrow

securing a variance for an encroachment into the

landscape buffer along the highway.

The

project has been redesigned after its initial

rejection by the Planning Commission, due in

large part to the proposed removal of a large oak

tree. The movement into the buffer area is partly

due to the new design and its efforts to save the

tree.

The

20-foot variance request into the 40-foot buffer

requirement is reasonable in city staff's view,

since the tree is being saved, and enhancing the

landscape along the highway is in the public's

interest.

Approval

of the variance is recommended.

The

only other agenda item initially announced for

tomorrow night's meeting is the presentation of

the results of the recent City Council elections,

won by Annie McMenamin and Dan Tennant. The

results will be read into the record for

historical purposes.

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