Developers

who want to build in Senoia now have new guidelines for building.

After spending

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

the City Council gave final approval to the changes Monday night and ended

a development moratorium.

A zoning category

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

Additionally, city planner Bill Johnston 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 new ordinances

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

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

Mayor Dianne

Cleveland thanked City Administrator Murray McAfee and the Planning Commission

for such diligent work on the ordinances and said the changes would create

better developments for the city.