Eastern Coweta

County is getting more retail and commercial space.

During the

last Coweta County Commission meeting, commissioners unanimously approved

a 3.84-acre commercial zoning called the Hilltop Centre.

The property

is just north of Senoia on Ga. Highway 85 and consists of 14,100 square

feet of office and retail space.

Davis Enterprises,

who is developing the site, will replace a vacant gas station with a new

convenience store.

The property

also will have two commercial buildings and one office building. The county's

planner recommended reducing the site to 1.12 acres and denoting it as

a C-2 Neighborhood Business district.

County planner

Robert Tolleson said commercial land use is not shown on the future land

use map for the property and the development could encourage sprawl.

Tolleson added

that developing the whole tract would not encourage compact development

of commercial uses or development of retail and office uses at intersections

where neighborhood commercial development is recommended.

A smaller development

would discourage sprawl and enable the developer to use his property and

improve an existing commercial use, he added.

But commission

Chairman Vernon "Mutt" Hunter disagreed with the planner and

asked the commission to approve the entire tract for commercial.

Hunter said

he didn't believe in breaking the tract up and the commissioners agreed.