Coweta County

gave thumbs down Tuesday night to a couple's proposal to place a 3,000

sq. ft. manufactured home on a 10-acre lot in the northern part of the

county.

The county's

Manufactured Home Compatibility Standards Review Committee had turned

down Mark Elsey's request to place his trailer on Tommy Lee Cook Road.

Elsey planned

to place the home on a full basement, which would actually make the total

square footage of the home more than 6,000 sq. ft.

In his letter

appealing the committee's ruling, Elsey made an impassioned plea for the

Coweta County Commission to overturn the committee's decision.

"Please

understand that my wife and I have already spent over $70,000 towards

the completion of our dream home. When completed we will have invested

over $240,000 into this project," he said.

But county

planning director Robert Tolleson countered Elsey's home would be incompatible

with other homes in the area.

"We have

to look at trends in the area. The trend is for one and a half to two

story homes," he said.

The committee

also said other homes in the area had siding material such as brick and

vinyl and also had greater roof pitches than the proposed manufactured

home.

The County

Commission sided with the committee and a visibly upset Elsey and his

wife left the commission chambers.