Crabapple Lane
rezoning okayed by Planning Commission
MUNFORD
The Peachtree
City Planning Commission will recommend that the City Council approve
a rezoning off Crabapple Lane for a 45-home subdivision.
The rezoning
would designate the land R-43 for minimum lot sizes of one acre as opposed
to the current agricultural-residential zoning. The council is scheduled
to take the matter on its April 5 agenda.
The commission
heard the argument in favor of approval from Jimmy Halligan of Hyland
Developers. Halligan said that some land in the subdivision would be dedicated
to the city for a park.
The subdivision
will also be served by a septic system for each individual home, and Halligan
agreed not to develop on a lot that didn't pass a perc test.
The current
concept plan for the subdivision, however, doesn't give the city control
of a 100-foot buffer along Ga. Highway 54, and the commission will recommend
that a variance for that not be granted by council.
Halligan proposed
that 50 feet of that buffer actually be owned by the individual owner
of those lots adjacent to Hwy. 54.
Director of
Developmental Services Jim Williams said the rezoning proposal fits in
with the land use plan for the area which calls for low density development.
Because of
the buffer dispute, planning commissioners Robert Ames and Rich Schumacher
voted against the recommendation to rezone.
New calculations
create 45 new students at Kedron Elementary School, 11 at Booth Middle
School and another 11 at McIntosh High School.
Easy button Return it to long suffering taxpayers including those who have paid huge tabs to educate other people's kids…