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Peachtree City Council approves stormwater fee increase, public art plan and zoning tweaks
Summary
Peachtree City Council approved a package of actions including a stormwater utility rate increase (standard ERU to $14), adoption of a public art master plan with a new advisory group and budget amendment, a zoning text amendment to permit microblading, updates to shared-path and cart regulations, a $406,090 police-station design contract and a lighting code modernization.
Peachtree City Council voted to raise the city’s standard stormwater equivalent residential unit (ERU) charge to $14 and approved a set of additional ordinances and projects at its meeting. City staff said the increase is intended to address a backlog of stormwater projects that staff estimated at roughly $20 million.
The ERU increase was presented by City Engineer Dave Borkowski and consultant Hope of ISC, who told council the ordinance would update the billing rate now set at about $6.89 per ERU to $14 per ERU and that staff will return later with a revised credit manual. Councilmembers discussed ways to bill the charge (including an intergovernmental agreement with the tax commissioner to add it as a separate line on property tax bills) before voting to adopt the rate update.
Council also approved the public art master plan, an associated budget amendment and an ordinance to create a public art advisory group. Chris Hobby, who presented the plan, said the document was…
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