Peachtree

City's Planning Commission gave approval Monday night to

the site plan for Kedron Office Park and its first

structure, a four-story office building of precast

concrete.

The

approval was granted contingent upon seven conditions

being met. The seventh condition, which was added Monday

night, requires that a preliminary traffic study be done

to determine if the additional cars and trips generated

traffic ordinance. The results also could affect the

debate over the number of parking spaces allowed in the

office park. The city's land development ordinance

maintains a minimum of three parking spaces per 1,000

square feet of office space. The applicant has requested

more spaces, at least four per 1,000 square feet.

Jim

Williams, the city's director of development, said the

traffic issue had been "studied thoroughly,"

noting that lane improvements made along Peachtree

Parkway were designed to serve the Kroger shopping center

and the new office park. But the original calculations

will be provided to the commission to determine if they

meet the specifications of the traffic ordinance.

The other

conditions require the applicant to secure a variance for

the overall building height prior to final site plan

approval, that the applicant work closely with city staff

during the grading process to preserve as much existing

vegetation as possible, determine the center line of the

outer drive and the edge of the parking lot before the

pre-clearing inspection, design an aesthetically pleasing

detention pond, submit a complete set of architectural

plans to city staff for review as well as plans for

exterior lighting.

The

commission tabled the site plan for a warehouse expansion

at MA Industries and deferred any decision on designating

Sumner Road a scenic road until more data could be

provided. The request to give Sumner Road a specific

designation came from Cele Eifert, one of four homeowners

along the tree-canopied road that starts across the

street from the entrance to Publix and runs into the

unincorporated area of the county.

Peachtree

City has plans to pave the road, which is now gravel.

Residents along the road have no problem with the paving,

but fear losing the road's "character." City

planner David Rast said the scenic road designation

provides some design leeway. "We can bend some in

the design and save a good bit of the tree canopy,"

Rast said.

Sumner Road

has no official designation at present, such as

"village collector" or "neighborhood

collector," which poses a problem. A variance would

be required to make the designation and, according to Wes

Saunders, commission chairman, "We need more to go

on if we ask for a variance."

Riley and

Aberdeen parkways are the only two scenic roads

designated in the city.