When you're frozen out the

first time, try, try again.

That's what the Peachtree City

Council will do Thursday night as it convenes at 7 p.m. to discuss a 90-day

moratorium on certain development activities.

The moratorium was on the agenda

for last week's regular council meeting but with the inclement weather,

council decided to delay the discussion until the specially called meeting

Thursday.

The moratorium would apply

to all rezonings, annexations, site plan approvals, subdivision plat approvals

and landscape plan approvals. The move is being considered to give the

new council time to complete the city's Comprehensive Plan update, and

to review and update city ordinances and policies dealing with development

activity.

New Mayor Steve Brown, who

proposed the moratorium, said he wants to buy time so the city can make

sure all development going forward is done properly. Particularly, he

wants to focus on:

Refining the city's land use

ordinances.

Insuring that new federal

and state mandates on stormwater management are followed.

A thorough study of the changes

recommended by the Planning Commission to the city's Comprehensive Land

Use Plan.

A requirement for developers

to insure that newly planted trees live beyond the first two or three

years after the site is developed.

The addition of overlay zones

in certain areas of the city to add requirements beyond the normal zoning

regulations.

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