The Peachtree

City Planning Commission will consider two unrelated rezoning requests

at its regular meeting Monday night at City Hall.

One of the

matters involves a residential zoning request off Ga. Highway 74 south

and the other involves a request for limited use commercial zoning off

Hwy. 74 north.

Piedmont Properties

is seeking to rezone 128 acres south of Falcon Field from industrial to

single family cluster for a 124-home subdivision. When the original plan

was unveiled several months ago, airport officials were concerned about

the subdivision's proximity to Falcon Field, but developers agreed to

put language in the property deeds so each homeowner would be aware of

the proximity to the air strip.

Although the

property is currently zoned industrial, the city's previous land use plan

update changed the anticipated land use to single family medium density

because Flat Creek, which borders the property to the north, was seen

as a natural boundary to distinguish the land from the industrial park,

according to city officials.

Marvin Isenberg

of Piedmont Properties has told city staff that he has a contract with

Bob Adams Homes to build the residential units. Bob Adams Homes specializes

in homes designed specifically for seniors, which will hopefully minimize

the proposed subdivision's impact on the local school system, according

to city officials.

The 128-acre

tract is currently owned by Caroline Redwine Stephens and is referred

to by city officials as the Stephens tract. When the plan first came up

earlier this year, Peachtree City was in the midst of a 90-day moratorium

for new subdivisions so the plan couldn't be considered.

At the time,

former Developmental Services Director Jim Williams said the property

was the only land currently zoned industrial "That is potentially

developable as anything other than residential."

The request

for a limited-use commercial rezoning is for a two-plus acre parcel off

Hwy. 74 near Wisdom Road. Developers want to build two retail buildings

there, one of which would serve as a showroom for Dalton West Carpets.

No other tenant has been secured for the second building, however.

The land is

currently zoned for a residential use and borders the Fairfield subdivision,

which was of significant concern to planning commissioners when the matter

was discussed in a workshop at the commission's previous meeting.

A Fairfield

representative who spoke at that meeting said having a buffer between

the homes and the stores is important. Some commissioners suggested that

the extension of an access road to the rear of the parcel could be cut

out in order to establish more of a buffer with Fairfield.

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