Peachtree City's moratorium

on multi-family housing rezonings has been renewed for another year.

The City Council renewed the

moratorium at its meeting Thursday night, and it also elected to lift

the moratorium for the planed John Wieland Homes subdivision off MacDuff

Parkway (considered the Katz property).

The relief from the moratorium

was necessary for the subdivision since the company wants to have some

townhomes in the project. Dan Fields of John Wieland Homes told council

the townhomes were necessary to create more open space which had been

requested by the city.

Fields said the company has

agreed to restrict the townhomes from becoming rental units through language

in the covenants for the subdivision.

Mayor Bob Lenox said the matter

must now be handled by the Planning Commission, which will review the

concept plan for the subdivision and make a final recommendation to council

for approval or denial.

The matter was handled quickly

school site from the plan and having John Wieland Homes purchase property

elsewhere for the school board. Brown has formerly stated safety concerns

about the potential school site on the Katz property since it is so close

to the railroad which carries some hazardous materials through parts of

Peachtree City, Tyrone and Fayette County.

Councilman Robert Brooks said

lifting the multi-family housing moratorium would allow the project to

be designed with some flexibility.