Fairburn is bursting at the

seams with new development, both commercial and residential. A whole slate

of new projects were considered at the January 12 meeting that will add

to the city's population and tax base.

Three preliminary plats with

a total of 74 new houses got the green light from the City Council. Valley

View Estates, Pine Valley Estates and Herndon Road Estates are set to

become the next neighborhoods of choice.

Of the three, Herndon Road

Estates has the unique distinction of being a subdivision designed especially

for seniors, adults and people with handicaps or special needs. Houses

with more accommodating doorways, hallways and countertops are constructed

to make daily life less of a chore for more encumbered individuals. Located

on Virlyn B. Smith Road, the 10.81 acre development has 28 single-family

lots.

Valley View Estates is on the

west side of Malone Street and has its entrance at the intersection of

Valley View Drive.

The subdivision is a 15.5 acre

tract being developed by the Gaddy Construction Company. The 30 unit subdivision

is zoned R-3 Residential with 56 percent of the area to be dedicated to

open space.

Pine Valley Estates, also zoned

R-3, is designed as a somewhat smaller community of 16 lots on 8.022 acres.

The property's proposed location at the end of Pine Street abuts the Shannon

Chase subdivision. The Fairburn Panning Commission recommended approval

of the design with a list of six conditions ensuring proper easements,

landscape buffers, exterior requirements and other city standards. A water

and sewer capacity report would also be needed for the development to

move forward.

The City Council also gave

approval to a concept plat.

The Legacy at Riverview subdivision,

engendered the most discussion from the Council. The 65 acre site utilizing

the existing combined R-1 and R-2 residential zoning was "the best

that we can do for this area" City Administrator Jim Williams said.

Clarification on the necessity

for the inclusion of an emergency road into the development helped to

finalize the decision by the Council to ultimately approve the design.

The 51 lots to be located opposite Duncan Park would bring the grand total

of new houses planning to be built in Fairburn to 125.

Additionally, Ed Wyatt, representing

the Green Oil Company, asked the City Council to annex a 2.8 tract on

Oakley Industrial Boulevard into the city and zoned C-2 Commercial. The

added acreage is to be used for truck storage by Green Oil.

Fulton County approved the

proposal with the stipulation that a 50 foot wide landscape strip be provided

adjacent to apartment property in the neighborhood. Along with five other

conditions put forth by the Fairburn Planning Commission, all of them

sensitive to their residential surroundings, the Green Oil Company was

given the green light.

Another C-2 Commercial tract

at the corner of Milam Road and Ga. Highway 74 received permission for

rezoning from its previous ER Estate Residential status. A community bank

is to be built on the property provided that the developers meet their

share of a half dozen conditions set down by the Planning Commission.

Finally, four condemnation

resolutions were reviewed and passed which will affect the proposed Plantation

Estates townhouse project. The first resolution concerned the acquisition

of an easement needed to extend sewer line service to the future community.

The other three resolutions involved procuring land to extend Harris Road

from Plantation Road to Hwy. 74.

���� All of the projected growth

has Fairburn starting the year off busier than ever.