The

developers of a proposed Home Depot in west

Peachtree City are set to appeal to the City

Council tomorrow night after having their site

plan denied by the Planning Commission last

month.

City

staff has recommended that the appeal be granted,

noting that RAM Development has made several

revisions to its site plan in response to

comments from the Planning Commission, staff and

local residents.

"The

land use plan calls for the area to be

commercial," according to a city staff memo.

"It has long been anticipated that the very

high intensity commercial uses, like those

proposed for the property, would be appropriate

for this area. The conditions of the traffic

impact ordinance have been met, and the proposed

conceptual site plan properly situates the use on

the property."

The

site of the proposed development, on Ga. Highway

54 west of Ga. Highway 74, has been the subject

of intense debate for the past several months

concerning its effect on traffic in the area.

Attorneys

for RAM Development have put the city on notice

that they consider the denial unconstitutional

and reserve the right to pursue the matter in

court if necessary.

portion of the controversy stems from the city's

new traffic impact ordinance, which restricts

development in Peachtree City depending upon how

it affects traffic and possible measures that

must be taken by developers to correct traffic

problems.

RAM

Development says that the ordinance does not

apply to its proposal because the plan was

submitted before the ordinance was approved by

the City Council.

The

Planterra Ridge Community Association also has

retained an attorney who maintains the project

would be "profoundly detrimental to the

public health, safety, morality and general

welfare" if it were approved. The main

entrance to the project is proposed to be

directly across the highway from the entrance to

Planterra Ridge subdivision, and Planterra Ridge

residents have been the most vocal in their

opposition to the project.

In

other business:

change in the alcoholic beverage license for

Mexico City Gourmet will be considered by the

council.

Nine

applicants for a vacancy on the Airport Authority

have been considered, and the selection committee

recommends Mark Bunker's appointment and Jerry

Cobb's selection as an alternate for five-year

terms beginning Jan. 1. The council will consider

this and vote on it tomorrow night.

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