Fayette

County commissioners Thursday will consider

Pathway Communities' rezoning request for a

172-home subdivision on Line Creek.

Peachtree

City's government has asked the commissioners to

either delay or deny the request to give the city

more time to study annexation options in the

proposed West Village area.

The

1,200 acres eyed by the city for annexation

includes the 364.7-acre Pathway property.

Following

a lengthy argument from Pathway attorney Doug

Dillard, the county Planning Commission recently

voted 3-2, with members Jim Graw and Fred Bowen

opposed, to recommend approval of the request.

The

firm has filed a formal constitutional objection

in case the county should deny the request,

saying that denial would "be

unconstitutional and discriminate in an

arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable

manner."

The

county's planning staff have recommended denial,

citing environmental concerns over the proximity

of Line Creek as well as the Peach Pit, an old

land fill that borders the property.

The

proposed development is bordered by the city

limits of Peachtree City on the south and east,

and by Line Creek on the west.

With

more than 100 acres of the site unusable because

they lie in wetlands and flood plain, most of the

lots in the proposed subdivision would be about

an acre in size.

Because

the county has no sewer system available, the use

of septic tanks on one-acre lots is a concern,

according to the zoning staff, and even more of a

concern because of the proximity of the creek,

which is tagged as a major source of water for

the county.

Dillard

said the firm is prepared to do whatever is

necessary to make sure septic tanks don't pose

any problems for Line Creek.

"The

soils perk," he said. "There is no

reason why septic tanks can't be put on one-acre

lots." He added, "We're going to do

more to protect that water source than any

government agency and any previous property

owner."

Staff

also has expressed concern about the fact that

the only way in and out of the subdivision would

be over an at-grade railroad crossing.

Dillard

scoffed. "This idea that we can't cross the

CSX railroad is folly," he said.

Dillard

said the company also will do whatever is

necessary to ensure that the Peach Pit land fill

doesn't pose any danger to the future residents.

The land fill also is owned by Pathway.

The

county's land use plan calls for residential lots

of one to two acres in the area, and Dillard said

the Pathway request is well within that window.

Commissioners

will consider the rezoning request in a public

hearing Thursday at 7 p.m. at the County

Administrative Complex.

Among

other items on the agenda will be:

New standards for

telecommunications towers.

The

Planning Commission is recommending that the

county reduce the required distance between

towers and homes, and between towers, and allow

variances in hardship cases.

Gerald Goldklang's

rezoning request for a cancer treatment clinic

next to Fayette Community Hospital on Ga. Highway

54 west. Both the zoning staff and Planning

Commission have recommended approval.

Developer Dan

Stinchcomb's rezoning request to allow him to use

a residential lot in the Brierfield subdivision

as a recreational/amenity area. Planning

Commission and staff recommend approval.

The

complete agenda is available at the county web

site, admin.co.fayette.ga.us.

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