Peachtree City's

new update to its land use plan is now officially on the books.

The plan, which

mostly included housekeeping changes, was approved unanimously by the

City Council at its regular meeting Thursday night.

This update

included only 78 recommended changes while the previous update comprised

of approximately 500 changes, noted Jim Williams, the city's director

of developmental services.

Of the recommended

changes, 23 were to reclassify subdivisions from multi-family use to single

family use because that's how they were developed, Williams said. Another

15 changes reclassified city-owned recreation areas from open space to

recreation use. That's because open space is for land that is typically

not used for a specific purpose, Williams said.

The plan also

includes a change for several light industrial parcels on Clover Reach.

Williams said those areas, which includes several restaurants, a skating

rink, a day care center and an office park, should be considered for commercial

use "as an extension of The Avenue."

Williams explained

that those parcels would have to be rezoned commercially to be developed

that way, which gives the city an amount of control over how the projects

will turn out.

Some other

parcels such as churches had land use changes from residential to community

service. That will help keep those sites from being redeveloped as apartments

in the future, Williams noted.

The land use

plan is used as a guide to future development in the city. It does not

change zoning classifications for various properties, however.

The changes

to the plan were recommended by city staff and approved by the planning

commission.