City Council Hears Code Enforcement Plans For Apartments During Work Session

The City Council held its first Work Session following its regularly scheduled council meeting Tuesday night.

During the council meeting, the second read to amend the zoning map to accommodate four parcels which were to be part of the planned mixed use development on the property across from The Forum was withdrawn by the applicant. 

After nearly a year's worth of public meetings and presentations, the city's 2033 Comprehensive Plan was approved unanimously by the council. The plan, which is required by the state of Georgia, is a detailed plan for the city to use as a guide for the next 20 years in planning for the city's growth, demographic changes, quality of life needs and transportation.

The council also heard a first read to rezone a 1.75 acre parcel at 500 South Peachtree Street (near Jimmy Carter Boulevard and Buford Highway) for a garden supply store. The property is the former site of a lumber yard which had been destroyed by fire some years ago. The council will hear a second read at its Dec. 3 meeting.

Following was the council work session and listed on the agenda were presentations on SPLOST, code enforcement and franchise fees.

Tom Black provided a short presentation about the maintenance of the city's streets noting that there are 15.07 miles of state maintained roads, 24.81 miles of county roads, 109.98 miles of city roads and 35.47 miles of private roads in Peachtree Corners.

The city and county are presently working together on an intergovernmental agreement on road maintenance.

In January 2014 the city's Code Enforcement department will begin maintenance and safety inspections on the 37 apartment complexes with the oldest buildings to be the first targeted. The county's fire marshall will be part of of the inspections.

Since January 439 code enforcement cases have been opened and of those 297 have been closed with 97 percent resolved without a citation.

Common homeowner code violations include tall grass and weeds, outside storage, parking in the yard and junk vehicles.

City Manager Julian Jackson made the final presentation on franchise fees. He said Georgia Power announced it will increase the municipal franchise fee it charges customers living in the City of Peachtree Corners.

The company estimates that customers who have an average monthly usage of 1,000 kwh will pay an additional $2.36 per month.

Read more on the Georgia Franchise fee change here.