Developers

who want to build in existing subdivisions in Fairburn now face more stringent

rules.

The Fairburn

City Council unanimously passed an "in-fill development" ordinance

Monday night that would make new development more consistent with existing

homes in subdivisions.

"We want

to make sure it fits with the neighborhood," said City Administrator

Tony Cox.

City officials

have expressed concern recently that new development in existing subdivisions

is markedly different than the older development.

In the ordinance,

the town wants new developments to conform with existing architectural

style, roof pitch, siding materials, dwelling unit square footage and

front yard setbacks.

The town defines

the area to be examined as the immediately surrounding neighborhood of

a subdivision, which is defined as the adjoining six developed lots.

In determining

the size of the new home to be placed in the subdivision, the ordinance

calls for calculating the average floor area of all single family dwellings

within the immediate neighborhood.

The ordinance

would cover all single-family neighborhoods within any of the residential

areas in which 75 percent of the lots have been developed for a minimum

of five years.

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