Trying

to avoid a technicality that would require his

new subdivision to be hooked up to sewer service,

developer Jimmy Halligan submitted a revised

concept plan for the Kedron Estates subdivision.

The

tweaked design calls for four lots in the

subdivision to remain vacant - which would

put the subdivision further than 500 feet away

from a sewer manhole. If it was inside 500 feet,

a state regulation requires Kedron Hills to be

hooked up to sewer lines instead of septic tanks.

The

Peachtree City Planning Commission denied the new

plan at its meeting Monday night. Commission

member Willis Granger made the motion, noting

that the city wants its homes hooked up to sewer

service.

The

plan was denied 3-2 with Wes Saunders and Robert

Ames against denying the revised plan.

Halligan

said the subdivision, originally planned to have

28 lots over one acre each, would require one or

two pump stations if it is connected to the sewer

system. That would add an additional cost of at

least $75,000 for each station, he said.

Robert

Kurbes, an environmentalist with the Fayette

County Health Department, said using septic tanks

with the type of soil found in the subdivision

might cause some problems. Some of the lots are

in low-lying areas which typically don't handle

septic tank usage well, Kurbes added.

Kedron

Estates has been the subject of controversy since

Halligan claims the Health Department had

originally agreed to allow him to use septic

tanks on the homes. But Kurbes said the health

department never approved that plan at all.

To

get around the sewer requirement, Halligan

re-drew the subdivision plans so none of the

residences would be within 500 feet of the sewer

line. Halligan assured the commission that the

four vacant lots would be developed later, but

the property might need to be rezoned, he added.

"I

may come back with four lots that are on sewer

service," Halligan said.