Peachtree City

residents now have several ways to avoid a trip to City Hall altogether

... through new features on the city's Web site, www.peachtree-city.org .

Getting yard

sale signs used to require an appearance at City Hall to fill out the

appropriate form. But a few clicks online will now pull up that form on

your computer where it can be filled out, printed out and mailed in or

dropped by.

Other forms

posted online will allow residents to register their golf carts, change

or cancel their golf cart registration, register for a permit to solicit

in the city and register for an occupational tax license.

Citizens also

will be able to post "live" messages to the city regarding problems

with a street or cart path. Building inspections also may be requested

immediately.

Last week,

the Recreation Department began accepting online registration for its

classes and events.

Matt Robinson,

technical support manager for Peachtree City, said the new online services

are a way of assisting residents who don't often have time to drop by

City Hall.

"We took

a lot of things commonly done at City Hall and now they are there whenever

residents need them," Robinson said.

He also pointed

out that residents without online access can take advantage of the computers

at the Peachtree City Library, which have Internet connections.

City clerk

Jane Miller said the city will be exploring more ways to make city government

services available online in the near future. Soon, citizens will be able

to request outdoor burning permits online also.

The city Web

site also has a new design, which includes a search engine on the home

page. To use the online city services mentioned in this article, go to

the Web site and click on "VELO-CITY: Virtual City Hall."

Now that the

city is using its own Web server, city departments can now update their

own pages, and much more quickly than under the old process, Robinson

said.

"We're

just trying to increase the citizen interaction with the Web site,"

Robinson said.

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