A plan to build

two office-warehouses and a hangar facility adjacent to Falcon Field Airport

has finally been given the go-ahead by the Peachtree City Planning Commission.

The Jet Limo

building plan had created controversy because of the proposal to eliminate

a taxiway easement that allows other nearby landowners access to the airport.

But Mike Rossetti, who brought forth the plans, got signed letters from

those landowners indicating their approval to abandon the easement.

The portion

of the property formerly earmarked for the taxiway will now become a detention

pond, according to the building plans submitted.

The matter

had been tabled several times by the Planning Commission due to the dispute

that erupted over the proposal to abandon the taxiway.

After the meeting,

the commission met in a workshop session with Jimmy Halligan of Hyland

Developers, which has proposed a 45-home subdivision on 58.4 acres north

of Crabapple Lane off Ga. Highway 74. Halligan wanted to resolve all the

commission's questions about the concept plan before the matter is brought

before the City Council.

Attorneys for

Hyland Developers have been working with City Attorney Rick Lindsey to

work out a way to meet the city's 100-foot undisturbed buffer requirements

off local highways. Halligan wants to maintain a small portion of the

lots near the highway so he won't have to cut homes from the subdivision.

A solution

is close, Halligan said, but the council must sign off on the agreement

before it's approved.

There's a possibility

the land could be deeded to the city as a conservation easement while

allowing the homeowner to retain the rights to the soil part of the property.

In that case, the homeowner would be warned not to disturb any growth

in that area, Halligan said.

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