A number of

"housekeeping" rezonings were approved by the Peachtree City

Council last week.

But several

of the proposed rezonings from city staff were deleted from the list after

some questions arose on the properties, all three of which are cemeteries.

The remaining

11 parcels, most of which were city-owned properties, were all rezoned

to open space.

The Whitlock

Cemetery on Northlake Drive, the Bethlehem Church Cemetary on Dividend

Drive and the Westminster Cemetery on Ga. Highway 54 were pulled from

the list, however. Two deacons from Bethlehem Church had objected to that

rezoning, while it was learned that the Whitlock Cemetery is too small

to be classified as open space, which requires a minimum size of 10 acres.

As for Westminster

Cemetery, council dropped it from the list to rezone as open space after

councilman Dan Tennant questioned whether this would forbid any other

business activity at the privately-owned site.

Currently,

the property is zoned estate residential, but a cemetery is one of the

uses allowed under that zoning category, said City Attorney Rick Lindsey.

All of the

property owners had been notified of the city's intent to rezone the property,

as had all the adjacent property owners and other property owners with

200 feet of the parcels in question, said City Planner David Rast.

But resident

Frances Meaders questioned that, saying she lived within 200 feet of one

of the parcels but was not notified. She also said that area, called the

Willow Creek Open Space, could not be developed anyway and is part of

a city greenbelt.