Senoia's potentially

largest development got approval of its conceptual site plan Monday, but

not before a contentious discussion among lawyers and council members

ensued.

Developers

of the Twin Lakes subdivision on Rockaway Road descended on the City Council

en masse Monday night to answer questions about their development.

The new developers

of the project have cut the planned housing units in half, from 1,200

to 600. Their concept for the plan was unanimously approved by an ambiguous

motion by the Planning Commission, which led to the lengthy discussion.

In its approval,

the Planning Commission outlined issues that would have to be addressed

before a preliminary plat could be approved, such as a traffic study and

greenspace configuration.

The developers

went ahead and supplied the information to the city, which then led to

more confusion, since the city's engineer did not have time to examine

it.

"I'm not

comfortable with voting on this until our paid consultants have signed

off on it," said Councilman Bob Hannah.

But Newnan

attorney Litt Glover, who represented Twin Lakes, said those issues should

not be addressed until its time for the preliminary plat to be approved.

"We just

want to be treated like everybody else. Those items aren't required for

conceptual approval. They should be addressed at preliminary plat time,"

Glover said.

But the City

Council maintained they wanted to hear what their engineer and planner

had to say about the issue.

Finally, city

attorney Drew Whalen recommended the city approve the concept with the

same recommendations as the Planning Commission. He also added the issues

would be addressed at the preliminary plat approval stage.