After the smoke

had cleared on three rezonings in Senoia, Mayor Joan Trammell let the

residents and councilmen know exactly where she stood.

"I was

appalled at some of the things that I heard during last week's public

hearings," she said.

Trammell lashed

out at resident Bill Royal, who alluded to deals being made and money

under the table at the public hearing.

"I work

as a nurse and I do that for money. I have never taken a bribe,"

she said.

The mayor said

that some sort of legal action could be instituted against Royal and said

she did not appreciate comments about people living in $160,000 homes

that were made at the hearing.

Trammell said

she has always been a believer in green space and said she was more open

to smaller lots with some trees left rather than clear-cutting a tract

and just putting houses on it.

She said she

initially favors keeping only the R-40 zoning with open space and doing

away with everything else. R-40 allows half-acre lots and she said there

may be a problem with lot size, but said it's something the city can evaluate.

In fact, Trammell

made a motion to place a moratorium on all developments for three months

until the R-40 classification could be worked on by the Planning Commission.

But the motion

died, and Councilman Dianne Cleveland offered a motion to set the moratorium

at six months. After Councilman Robert Hannah seconded her motion, Planning

Commission member Julie Brown spoke from the audience and said six months

was too long.

Fellow planning

commissioner Jack Merrick also agreed, and Cleveland changed her motion

back to a three-month moratorium.

City Attorney

Drew Whalen said a moratorium could not be enacted without a public hearing,

so the vote was to start the process.

The motion

passed unanimously and the city will conduct a hearing on the issue April

24 at 7 p.m. at City Hall.