Is Coweta County

on the verge of changing lots sizes in the unincorporated county?

Not if Commissioner

Vernon "Mutt" Hunter has anything to do with it.

During last

week's County commission meeting, the commission decided to reexamine

the county's lot size structure.

In 1997, the

county went through several public hearings before finally determining

that 1.6 acres should be the minimum size for building in the unincorporated

county.

"I'd be

all for increasing the lot sizes, but I don't think that's what we're

looking at," Hunter said after the meeting.

The east Coweta

Commissioner said smaller lots belong in the city where public water and

sewer is available, but not in the county.

Hunter remembers

the flak the county endured during the 1997 hearings and is not fond of

going down that road again.

"Y'all

really don't know what you could be doing," he said.

He said the

pressure is coming from developers who want to build more houses on smaller

lots, which he's dead-set against.

If Hunter can

convince two of the other commissioners, he could have this item moved

to the backburner.

"I've

been pretty successful. We'll see what happens."