Development

of commercial parcels at Lexington Circle will be allowed to continue

despite the Peachtree City's current development moratorium.

The City Council

has ruled that the project was worthy of a waiver to the moratorium requirements.

The site, located at the intersection of Ga. Highway 54 and Walt Banks

Road, will contain a host of commercial parcels and mixed uses.

Council also

granted a moratorium waiver for Lexington Park, the adjacent residential

development, so the remainder of the homes will be built by John Wieland

Homes.

The city has

already received plans for a CVS Pharmacy for Lexington Circle. Plans

have also been developed for a Bruster's Ice Cream building and a Buckhead

Brewery structure.

Because the

sites won't be held to the limitations of the moratorium, the city Planning

Commission will be allowed to consider them for approval.

Though the

moratorium is in place, city staff is still working with developers to

advise them on construction projects and plans. The city is allowing developers

to install landscaping so a building may be opened with a temporary certificate

of occupancy. But the developer must agree to make any changes necessary

to get it to comply to any new landscape requirements that might be considered

Typically,

the city requires a landscape plan for each development that must be approved

before the building department can issue a certificate of occupancy for

a given structure.

The Planning

Commission is empowered to approve or deny the landscape plans as one

of its routine duties.

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