Reducing parking

spaces at two new developments was a significant concern of the Peachtree

City Planning Commission at its regular meeting Monday night.

The commission

asked officials of Southern Community Bank and Bruster's Ice Cream to

look at reducing their overall parking spaces. Since Bruster's will be

located in the Lexington Circle commercial area off Ga. Highway 54 and

Walt Banks Road, the commission asked it to seek a parking easement from

the adjacent store, CVS Pharmacy.

The Bruster's

conceptual plan, which was unanimously approved by the commission, includes

42 parking spaces for the ice cream parlor, which is just 988 square feet

but only offers outdoor seating.

A Bruster's

representative said the spaces are necessary to handle crowds during the

7-10 p.m. period when it does most of its business.

Parking was

a similar concern for the Southern Community Bank project, which has 40

parking spaces planned for its site off Aberdeen Parkway between Hwy.

74 and Commerce Drive.

Commissioners

were told that part of the bank's needs were based on vehicles that pull

trailers and take up several spaces at a time. Another consideration is

that larger passenger vehicles like SUVs can take up two spaces at a time.

Commissioner

Robert Ames suggested instead deleting 11 spaces along Aberdeen Parkway

and redesigning that area into a parking area for vehicles with trailers.

If the bank's

business grows, it can come back and ask for more parking spots in the

future, noted commissioner Rich Schumacher.

"It's

a nice looking building," Schumacher said.

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