public hearing on proposed impact fees for the

planned $25 million Fayette County Jail will be

part of Thursday night's Peachtree City Council

meeting agenda.

Fayette

County Commission is asking the cities in the

county to collect the fees on each new home built

to help offset the cost of the new jail. The

estimates call for a $770 charge per home,

according to the recently tweaked numbers.

The

commission hopes the fee will fund about $1

million a year to help pay the debt for the jail.

After the cities agree to collect the impact fee,

the plan must be sent to the state Department of

Community Affairs for approval.

The

county also plans to assess impact fees on new

businesses and industries. The fee would be based

on the type of business and number of employees.

Meanwhile,

council also will consider a $1 monthly fee

tacked onto cell phones used in Peachtree City to

help fund the city's Wireless Enhanced 911

System.

The

current Enhanced 911 fee for regular phones,

which is $1.50, probably will not change.

Council

also will conduct a public hearing on the

rezoning request on the 63-acre Cedarcroft tract

of land. The developer, Ravin Homes, has asked

that the property be rezoned as general

residential (four units per acre) instead of the

current general commercial designation. But at

the last council meeting, Mike Rossetti, vice

president of Ravin Homes, asked council to

withdraw the request so the property could be

developed commercially.

Council

denied the request, instead postponing the

hearing until the first council meeting in July

to give the city time to review the results of a

noise and vibration study that was performed on

the area.

Activity

on the nearby railroad tracks was the main reason

the city decided to fund the study on its own,

Mayor Bob Lenox said. The dispute is whether a

proposed barrier to be erected by Ravin Homes

would be sufficient to block the noise created by

the trains.

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