The only problem is the developer needs the county to rezone the land to allow for the construction of four homes per acre instead of the existing zoning of four homes for every two-acre lot. Residential brokers familiar with the project tell GlobeSt.com Fayette County commissioners aren't expected to openly embrace the project because it would undercut the county's zoning ordinances, particularly those barring large mixed-use developments.
But Rochester and Associates, an Atlanta-based land development consulting firm representing Del Webb, has told the county the project is needed in Fayette County to accommodate the anticipated seniors housing population growth in the near future, sources tell GlobeSt.com.
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