Could Tyrone soon be compared

to Seaside and Celebration, Fla.?

It's possible if the Tyrone

Town Council approves a proposal by Bob Mooney of Cobblestone Development

to build 65 homes on a 77-acre site near the Pendleton subdivision.

Mooney originally asked the

Tyrone Planning Commission last Thursday to approve a rezoning from AR,

which requires three-acre lots to R48, which allows one-acre lots.

But Mooney said the development

would work better if the commission would allow a clustering development

on half-acre sites that would mimic the pastel-colored homes of Seaside

in the Florida panhandle. The homes would be tightly packed together and

the development would feature six pocket parks.

But because Tyrone currently

does not have a zoning category that allows half-acre lots, the commission

decided to approve the rezoning to R-48 and said the Town Council would

have to decide if it wants to create an ordinance allowing smaller lots.

Mooney said the development

would feature homes a minimum of 2,600 square feet in size and priced

between $350,000 and $500,00.

Planning commission members

liked the style of the development, but said the smaller lots could create

problems, including sewer disposal.

But Mooney said he proposed

having the drainfields for all the homes in an eight-acre tract on the

site.

Planning Commission Chairman

Lyn Redwood said the soil map that she examined showed that 16 lots would

be unbuildable and wondered if the development would still be feasible

with a smaller number of lots.

Mooney said the map was merely

a guide, and a detailed soil analysis would have to be completed before

he knew exactly how many lots he could develop.

With the Planning Commission

approving the development for one-acre lots, he added that a lot of the

green space would be eaten up by the bigger lots and that the parks would

probably not be in the plan. The Town Council will give the development

a final yay or nay Sept. 20.

In other news, the Planning

Commission:

Recommended approval of Braelinn

Baptist Church's request to rezone a 69.8-acre tract on Ga. Highway 74

to Educational Institutional. The church will build a new sanctuary at

the site.

Tabled an annexation request

Jennings wanted to annex the tract into Tyrone because it's bordered on

two sides by the city.

But the commission decided

to table the issue until more information is available on what Jennings

plans to do with the tract. The property is currently zoned AR in the

county.

Town Manager Barry Amos said

he expects the council to discuss the annexation at its Sept. 20 meeting.

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