And JOHN MUNFORD
There's
more than one way to skin a cat.
Fayette
County's Board of Health Tuesday denied developer
Jimmy Halligan's request for an exception to laws
that require him to provide city sewerage to his
subdivision, but Halligan's problems may have
been solved another way.
The
developer reportedly has redrawn Kedron Estates
subdivision so that no homes in the community
will be within 500 feet of Peachtree City sewer
lines. State law requires that developers hook
new subdivisions onto sewerage if it is
available, and defines "available" as
being within 500 feet.
In
pleading his case before the Peachtree City Water
and Sewerage Authority recently, Halligan said he
has already paved streets that would have to be
dug up in order to run sewer lines. He had
planned to put the 28 homes in the neighborhood
on septic tanks, unaware of the requirement to
tap into the city's sewer system, he said.
The
Board of Health voted 4-1 to deny his request for
a variance, but environmental health director
Rick Fehr said he has been told that Halligan has
donated some of the land in the subdivision to
the city of Peachtree City so the sewerage will
no longer be considered "available."
Halligan
could not be reached for comment at press time
Thursday.
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