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Peachtree City planners advance administrative‑variance draft, outline steps toward a unified development ordinance
Summary
Commissioners reviewed and edited a draft administrative‑variance ordinance, instructed staff to forward the revised draft to council and discussed forming a UDO steering committee, consultant needs, public outreach and an 18–24 month timeline for a full Unified Development Ordinance.
Peachtree City’s Planning Commission spent its Aug. 12 workshop reviewing proposed revisions to the city’s administrative‑variance ordinance and discussing next steps for a potential Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) to consolidate development regulations.
Staff summarized the variance changes under consideration: adding a residential‑use requirement for most variance types (except parking reductions), removing the need for written adjacent‑property consent while instituting a city mailing notice for adjacent owners, reducing allowable rear‑setback reductions (from as much as 50% in some cases down to a 10% maximum in certain contexts), and adding a 30‑day…
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