Decatur will annex (Atlanta, North Atlanta, North Decatur: best school, tax, living)

[skbl17]

I'm not sure about city mergers, but there is a process for dissolving cities in Georgia; as is par for the course, this process usually involves referendums. The first example that comes to mind is the former Bibb City in Muscogee County (Columbus), which deincorporated in 2000 and folded into Columbus. Brookhaven was a city (North Atlanta) from 1924 until a referendum in 1963 resulted in the city's disincorporation. Lithia Springs was a city from 1882 until 1933, and again from 1994 until 2001. Mableton was a city from 1912 until 1916.

However, the General Assembly changed some of the rules surrounding incorporation and annexation before Sandy Springs' incorporation, so I'm not 100% sure of how the system works now.

- skbl17

[red92s]

Originally Posted by noah

I live in a neighborhood just outside of Decatur city limits and just outside Avondale city limits. The talk is Avondale wants to annex the neighborhood but Decatur has no interest because we have no commercial property. Seems Decatur is operating from a position of strength and only wants to annex if it will bring in substantial revenues to offset any additional residential areas they would have to service. As you state they want the commercial areas to their north, not just any areas they can get their hands on.

It'd be more accurate to say that the above is what the Decatur commissioners say they want to do, and what a lot of constituents want to see them do, but instead they keep approving entirely residential applications for some reason. Everyone wants the commercial areas without residential, not just Decatur. All the cities and almost cities are chasing what benefits them the most, not just doing this out of civic duty.

[bu2]

Decatur Metro » Despite Petitions, No Additions To Decatur Annexation Map – and Other Annexation Meeting Notes

So Rio Circle and the areas on the Avondale side of Katie Kerr are still not in Decatur's plan. Nor is Medlock. They are sticking with their master plan previously proposed.

http://www.decaturga.com/Modules/Sho...ocumentid=5445

[jsvh]

Thanks for the update and links bu2.

Here is a direct link to the map for those of you interested: http://www.decaturga.com/Modules/Sho...ocumentid=5445

Still a good chunk considering Decatur's current size.

[bu2]

On a related note, Clarkston's annexation for area 2 that was a 35-35 tie in the last vote, passed easily.

Doraville's annexation failed again.

Based on Clarkston, November may be more favorable than other elections for annexation/cityhood votes.

[red92s]

Originally Posted by bu2

Decatur Metro » Despite Petitions, No Additions To Decatur Annexation Map – and Other Annexation Meeting Notes

So Rio Circle and the areas on the Avondale side of Katie Kerr are still not in Decatur's plan. Nor is Medlock. They are sticking with their master plan previously proposed.

http://www.decaturga.com/Modules/Sho...ocumentid=5445

Weird, right? You've got a large area of predominantly commercial businesses on Rio practically begging to get annexed in . . . and Decatur is uninterested. That decision seems to run counter to the commission s platform of "we want to annex commercial areas with minimal impact to residential populations".

[Tryska]

They better get to it before Brookhaven does.

[bu2]

Originally Posted by red92s

Weird, right? You've got a large area of predominantly commercial businesses on Rio practically begging to get annexed in . . . and Decatur is uninterested. That decision seems to run counter to the commission s platform of "we want to annex commercial areas with minimal impact to residential populations".

I don't know if its because they agreed on boundaries with Avalon and that's on Avalon's side of the line or if they just don't want that type of business. Its a lot of warehouse/wholesale places.

[PaperButterfly]

Bumping this thread to try and find out more about proposed areas of annexation.

Is anyone willing to share where these plans are, legally speaking? What has passed, what stage are these plans in, etc.?

[MattCW]

Originally Posted by PaperButterfly

Bumping this thread to try and find out more about proposed areas of annexation.

Is anyone willing to share where these plans are, legally speaking? What has passed, what stage are these plans in, etc.?

I just Googled this as a matter of fact. There's a nice map there showing pretty clearly not only Decatur's plans, but a bit of Avondale's plans too (the latter of which hopefully are dead).