Developer

Joel Cowan will probably not get a final answer

for his proposed subdivision in Tyrone until

after the first of the year.

That's

the word from town manager Barry Amos who said

the town's attorney, John Mrosek, has recommended

the town wait until its Jan. 6 meeting to vote.

"Because

we cancelled a meeting in November and moved our

December meeting up a night, he's recommending we

wait," Amos said.

Although

Cowan's proposed 169-lot subdivision is on

tonight's town council meeting agenda, Amos

expects that no discussion will take place.

Last

month, by a 2-1 vote, the Tyrone Planning

Commission recommended approval of Cowan's Lake

Windsong subdivision in the northern part of town

with a caveat that Dogwood Trail be paved.

Cowan

owns 282 acres and requested nearly 200 of the

acres rezoned from R-70 and AR, which calls for

two- and three-acre lots, to R-48, which allows

one-acre lots. The remaining 80 acres are already

zoned R-48.

During

the November Planning Commission meeting, Cowan

told town officials that he would be willing to

donate up to $100,000 to help pay for the paving

of Dogwood Trail and provide another access to

the subdivision.

Cowan's

father, Joel, was one of the original developers

of Peachtree City and is the current head of the

powerful new Georgia Regional Transportation

Authority. The younger Cowan wants to create an

upscale subdivision that features homes priced in

the mid-$200's to $300,000, built around an

existing lake.

The

subdivision would feature such amenities as a

clubhouse, tennis courts, a pool overlooking the

lake and possible high-speed Internet connection.

Many

of the residents at previous meetings were

outraged that the only paved entrance into the

subdivision would be down Ashland Trail, but

Cowan met with several neighborhood groups over

the last two months to help answer their

concerns.

Cowan's

attorney, George Rosensweig, told the commission

that Cowan had met with the residents of Ashland

Trail and offered to sell a couple of lots to the

property owners to alleviate their concerns.

Planning

commissioners Lyn Redwood and Burt Clark liked

Cowan's vision for the subdivision, but said they

could recommend it be approved only if Dogwood

Trail is paved.

Amos

said there is currently no money in the town's

budget to pave the road and he estimated the cost

of the project between $250,000 and $300,000.

The

commissioners recommended approval of the

subdivision with the caveat that Dogwood Trail

would have to be paved.

The

proposed subdivision is virtually two

subdivisions, because the lake cuts the property

nearly in half. The entrance to the subdivision

on the southern side of the lake would be from

either Crestwood Road or Dogwood Trail, which are

currently unpaved.

Other

issues on tonight's agenda include:

� A public hearing on a

proposed historic district for the town. Amos

said many of the town's old historic buildings

are now non-conforming buildings because they do

not meet the town's new standards for setbacks.

The

district would eliminate the need of constantly

granting variances for people who want to use the

older buildings, he said.

� Appointments made for the

town's judge, attorney and legal organ.

The

Town Council meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Town

Hall.

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