If Peachtree

City planners have their way, the recent rezoning for a new subdivision

in the western area of town may be the last residential development in

that area.

City Council

has already approved a rezoning for a subdivision with between 300-350

homes on the Katz property for John Wieland Homes.

That leaves

just over 150 acres of undeveloped property in the area, located north

of the Katz property and extending to the city limits.

While the Planning

Commission is in the process of updating the land use plan, city planners

are recommending that land be earmarked for office-institutional use.

The commission will take up the recommendation from city staff as it continues

updating the land use plan at its regular meeting Monday night.

The Katz rezoning

followed the city's current land use plan, which was last revised in 1995,

said City Planner David Rast. The plan document called for that area to

be single-family residential although the map was not updated to reflect

that change, causing some confusion, Rast said.

The two parcels

south of the Katz property which are under construction the 220-home Cedarcroft

subdivision and the 399-unit Summit Apartments were not planned for residential

use.

Both those

properties were on the land use plan for commercial retail use, and they

were zoned general commercial. However, the city previously allowed residential

property to be built in general commercial zoning districts.

Eventually,

the landowners filed two separate lawsuits against the city that eventually

forced council to accept the 63-acre Cedarcroft subdivision and 25-acre

Summit Apartments, Rast said.

Several months

ago, the rezoning for Cedarcroft was made official, while the rezoning

request for the Summit Apartments will be tackled by the planning commission

Monday night.

The apartment

complex would be rezoned from general commercial to general residential-15

if council eventually approves the request from Summit Realty Company.

Several residents

who have criticized the residential development in the area cite the burden

on local schools that the new homes will create.

Though there

is other undeveloped property in the area, it is all zoned for commercial

development, including the proposed Wal-Mart and Home Depot retail center

that has been proposed by Ram Development. Other smaller commercial tracts

line Ga. Highway 54 between that area and MacDuff Parkway, Rast said.