John Wieland

Homes' plan for 14 homes, a recreation center and a school site for 80.65

acres on the Peachtree City border is fine with the Fayette County Planning

Commission, as long as three conditions are met.

The commission

has unanimously recommended approval of the firm's rezoning request, with

three conditions. The Fayette County Commission will consider the request

Thursday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m. at the County Administrative Complex.

The project

is part of the Inverness subdivision being developed by Wieland Homes,

most of it inside Peachtree City. The overall project has 350 homes, including

the county portion. Wieland is offering the Board of Education a 20-acre

site for a future elementary school to serve the area, and plans a 7.3-acre

recreation amenity with a swimming pool, tennis courts and a cabana, to

serve the entire project.

Recommended

conditions are:

1. Wieland

must build a pedestrian crossing across McDuff Parkway to provide safe

access for residents to the recreation center.

It's unclear

whether the county will require an underpass, or be content with a striped

crossing and three-way stop, as Wieland representatives requested. Members

of the Planning Commission suggested the company work out details of the

crossing with county engineers before the Jan. 25 commission meeting.

2. The firm

must maintain a natural 20-foot buffer along McDuff Parkway, next to the

homes and the recreation area.

3. No residential

lot can have a driveway on McDuff Parkway.

Planning commissioners

declined to recommend a fourth condition suggested by staff, that the

approval be contingent on an agreement between the county and Peachtree

City providing for the city to render emergency service to the property.

"It's not appropriate for the county to require us to get services

from a municipality," said Wieland Vice President Richard Bacon.

Commissioners

agreed and left the condition out of their recommendation.