The Peachtree

City Planning Commission will begin taking a look at its role in the process

of approving plans for the city in coming weeks.

But a new development

could assure that the commission's workload will increase, despite the

city nearing residential buildout. City officials have been informed that

Pathway Communities is not going to be able to enforce its covenant restrictions

in its subdivisions as strictly as in the past. Jim Williams, the city's

director of developmental services, believes the city should pick up the

slack.

Pathway has

traditionally enforced covenants and architectural standards which limit

such items as the color of paint used on a structure to the location of

camper vehicles, said City Public Information Officer Betsy Tyler. The

change will be considered particularly since Pathway is expanding its

reach beyond the city limits, Tyler said.

In many cases,

the covenants and architectural standards are more strict than city ordinances,

Tyler added.

Plannning Commissioner

Rich Schumacher said at Monday's meeting that he worried the workload

of the city's planning staff would increase significantly. Any staffing

needs should be directed to the City Council as soon as possible, he urged.

"The staff

is already stretched to the max," Schumacher said.

While enforcing

the Pathway covenants will first be considered by Council, the planning

commission will also study possible changes to ordinances, Williams said.

He added that he didn't want to "foist" the ordinances on the

commission, however.

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