The Peachtree City Council

will hear an appeal Thursday of the city's moratorium on multi-family

development just two weeks after voting to extend the ordinance for another

year.

Bob Adams Homes has submitted

a letter to the city asking that the ban be lifted so it can "pursue

the possibility" of including a multi-family component in a new residential

community the company plans for the intersection of Ga. Highway 74 South

and Rockaway Road, known as the Stephens Tract.

Currently, the property is

zoned a combination of GI, or general industrial, and SFM, single-family

medium density, according to the city's land use map.

City planners have made no

recommendations on the request, but noted in a memo to council members

that the request from Bob Adams Homes includes the potential for increased

impact fees from the residential development, as well as the realignment

of Rockaway Road and Redwine Road.

The council reaffirmed the

multi-family moratorium with little fanfare at the Nov. 6 meeting.

Also Thursday, the council

will consider a new Intergovernmental Agreement for the Peachree City

Airport Authority, which the authority needs in order to borrow funds

for construction projects.

The authority needs to put

a new roof on the main terminal building and expand hangar operations.

The council will also be asked

to sign off on the new management agreement with the Peachtree City Tourism

Association to operate the amphitheater and tennis center.

It will also consider the association's

budget starting Dec. 1 and continue through the 2004 fiscal year.

In other business, the council

is scheduled to:

- Consider a resolution

to adopt the Solid Waste Management Plan update;

- Adopt a trust to trust

transfer ordinance for the Defined Benefit Pension plan;

- Consider purchase of

an asphalt milling machine and various budget amendments;

- Consider an alcohol

license request for Smokey Bones Barbecue & Grill in the former Don

Pablo's location next to Longhorn Steakhouse.

The meeting starts at 7 p.m.

in council chambers at City Hall, Ga. Highway 54 at Willowbend Road.

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