With a relatively

light agenda, the Peachtree City Council is slated to consider allowing

a road in a new subdivision to link to a similar development in Tyrone.

Developer Jimmy

Halligan has requested he be allowed to link the two subdivisions, which

are under construction north of Crabapple Lane near where a new elementary

school is being built.

The Peachtree

City Planning Commission has agreed not to oppose the plan to connect

the roads, but council has the final say on the matter. The Tyrone Town

Planning Commission has also approved the linkage but does not need approval

from the town council.

City Planner

David Rast told the city's Planning Commission there were no logistical

matters that would complicate the city providing services for the homes

within the city limits.

The subdivision

being built in Peachtree City is called Maple Shade.

Council will

also revisit a greenbelt violation involving a retaining wall erected

Rye of 105 St. Andrews Square to remove all portions of the wall and a

playground he constructed that encroached into the greenbelt more than

two feet.

Rye appeared

before council again in September, saying he delayed the project due to

the economic slowdown, hoping to save several thousand dollars by combining

it with other work on his home. Council voted then to give Rye 90 more

days to complete the demolition of that part of the wall, which encroached

into the greenbelt by 6.4 feet in one area and 8.1 feet in another area.

Rye said the

mistake occurred because a survey was not done on the property because

he purchased it outright. He also pointed out that city staff helped give

him guidance on the project when the playground and wall were built, and

the error wasn't caught then.

Rye originally

sought an easement from the city to allow the wall and playground to remain.

But when council decided instead to require Rye to remove a portion of

the wall and the playground, several council members said they didn't

want to create a precedent that could endanger the city's greenbelt areas.

Rye is also

required to landscape the area in accordance with a professionally designed

plan to renaturalize the area.