The Peachtree

City Council has approved a commercial rezoning for a 2.35-acre tract

on Ga. Highway 74 North near Wisdom Road.

The developer

plans to build two buildings on the property, which was rezoned from agricultural-residential

to limited use commercial. One of the buildings will house a showroom

for Dalton West Carpets and the other will be a multi-tenant building.

As a part of

the rezoning, several types of businesses can not be located on the site,

including restaurants, gas stations, self-service storage facilities and

convenience stores.

Council also

eliminated the uses of a hotel-motel variety, a radio or TV station, a

newspaper publishing facility, a wholesale merchandise store and a trade

school.

The combined

square footage of both buildings was also limited to a maximum of 19,000

sq. ft. as a condition of the rezoning. The property will be connected

to Hwy. 74 with a right-in, right-out only driveway.

At last week's

council meeting, councilman Steve Rapson was the only member to vote against

the rezoning. He said it strayed from the city's land use plan which called

for the property to be developed as office-institutional. Rapson also

noted that the Planning Commission's vote to recommend approval of the

rezoning was split 3-2.

City Planner

David Rast said the limited use commercial zoning would provide a good

transition between property to the north that is zoned office-institutional

and property to the south that could eventually be zoned commercial. Rast

said previous proposals for the property included a golf cart sales business,

a tool rental facility and a mini-warehouse facility.

The property

is bordered to the east by the Fairfield subdivision. The developer plans

to screen the buildings from residents there with a six-foot-tall privacy

fence and a 10-foot wide area for additional landscaping.

The proposal

also includes the extension of an access road that would run along the

property line that borders Fairfield.

Josh Bonner,

a representative of Dalton West Carpets, said both buildings on the property

would have a multi-storefront appearance.

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