Senoia's moratorium

on rezoning requests and annexation issues will end Monday.

After spending

months studying and reworking the city's land development and zoning ordinances,

the City Council is expected to give final approval to the changes Monday

night.

One of the

biggest changes in the zoning ordinance is the elimination of the PUD,

or Planned Unit Development district.

The PUD was

in the zoning ordinance to take care of large tracts that might have residential

and commercial components. But city planner Bill Johnston told the council

during their evaluation of the ordinances that no applications have been

filed in recent years for the district, so he suggested eliminating it.

Another zoning

category eliminated is the R-20 zoning district, which would allow half-acre

lots. Since the smaller lots can be built in the city's open space zoning

category, Johnston did not see the need for this classification.

Johnston also

added a conceptual site plan to the city's land development ordinance.

"This

allows major developments to come before the city early on," he said.

The planner

also advocated a punchlist, so that both city leaders and developers could

see the timelines for when specific items needed to be submitted.

Another interesting

item on the agenda is a request from the Senoia Historical Society for

an October Arts & Crafts Festival.

The group wants

to stage a multi-discipline festival that will draw visitors from throughout

the region.

The council

meeting starts at 7 p.m. at City Hall.