Fairburn will now have more

industrial property in its city limits.

During Monday's City Council

meeting, the City Council voted to approve annexations and zoning requests

for Simmons Vedder.

The Fulton County Board of

Commissioners recently filed an objection to an industrial classification

for the property based on their Land Use Plan which determined that the

land belongs to Fulton County.

However, the objection was

made after the 21-day response period required by the Intergovernmental

Agreement for Annexation.

Simmons Vedder and Company

asked Fairburn officials to annex two parcels located at the southwest

corner of I-85 and Bohannon Road into the city and rezone the property

M-1 Light Industrial.

The parcels are 4.32 acres

and 78.33 acres for a total of 82.65 acres.

They are currently zoned AG

Agricultural in Fulton County and the Land Use Plan indicates a proposed

low-density residential use.

The company is proposing to

develop the property with offices and warehouses. The initial phase of

development is for a 504,000 square foot facility for a Fortune 500 company.

The council approved the annexation

and zoning with several conditions:

Detailed site plans shall be

submitted to the City for approval prior to any actual development of

the property;

The portion of Creekwood Road

which is next to the property shall be improved to industrial road standards

from the westernmost property line to the Bohannon Road intersection.

The portion of Bohannon Road

which is adjacent to the property shall be improved to industrial road

standards from the southernmost property line to the I-85 overpass;

Industrial road standards

require a minimum right-of-way of 60 feet, with two 12-foot travel lanes,

and concrete curb and gutter sections on both sides of the road.

The developer shall create

and maintain a buffer at least 200 feet wide along any property line that

is next to existing occupied residential property.

It may be permissible to substitute

a minimum 50-foot wide enhanced buffer that would provide for reasonable

visual and functional separation between any incompatible land uses, subject

to the approval of the City Administrator;

All required road and buffer

improvement shall be done at no cost to the City and shall be completed

prior to the occupancy of any of the proposed uses on the property; and

Truck traffic shall be prohibited

on Bohannon Road south of Oakley Industrial Boulevard and on Creekwood

Road west of the property.