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Old 05-29-2016, 09:16 PM
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Isn't that what the previous poster mentioned to which my comment was made? It takes more effort under Georgia state law for an unincorporated residential area to be annexed into an established city than it does to create a new city. A simple majority can create a new city, the annexation route requires the 60% or 90% rule.
No, annexation only requires one more yes vote than no vote. Clarkston actually had one last year that was a tie. It passed in the re-vote.

What you are referring to is the petition method. In that case there is no vote and no legislative involvement. The residents of a neighborhood sign a petition to be annexed and present it to the relevant city council who verifies the validity of the petitions and then decides whether to annex or not.

Here is a link describing the various methods:
Annexation In Georgia: Legal And Practical Considerations - FindLaw
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Old 05-31-2016, 07:09 AM
 
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Atlanta moves to annex Cascade corridor | www.ajc.com
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Old 06-06-2016, 04:57 PM
 
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Loch Lomond was annexed into Atlanta today.

The vote was 15 - 0.

Georgia Unfiltered | Telling the Truth
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Old 06-06-2016, 05:10 PM
 
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Loch Lomond was annexed into Atlanta today.

The vote was 15 - 0.

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Welcome to the city, y'all!
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Old 06-06-2016, 05:16 PM
 
Location: N.C. for now... Atlanta future
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Clearly many of the people living in the area want no part of any city of South Fulton.
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Old 06-06-2016, 05:23 PM
 
Location: Seattle, WA
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Loch Lomond was annexed into Atlanta today.

The vote was 15 - 0.

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Is that just the homes right around those lakes, or the rest of the homes in this little unincorporated pocket?
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7164068,-84.5454227,15z
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Old 06-06-2016, 07:53 PM
 
Location: Georgia native in McKinney, TX
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Is that just the homes right around those lakes, or the rest of the homes in this little unincorporated pocket?
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7164068,-84.5454227,15z
I'm sure it is the whole subdivision and not just homes on the lake, the article says 271 acres total came into the city.
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Old 06-06-2016, 08:16 PM
 
Location: Prescott, AZ
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Is that just the homes right around those lakes, or the rest of the homes in this little unincorporated pocket?
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7164068,-84.5454227,15z
Here'a the city's map from the annexation page on the CoA website:

http://www.atlantaga.gov/modules/sho...cumentid=18353
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Old 06-06-2016, 08:40 PM
 
Location: Seattle, WA
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Here'a the city's map from the annexation page on the CoA website:

http://www.atlantaga.gov/modules/sho...cumentid=18353
Looks like there's now an unincorporated, disconnected island northeast of this area, the small Lake Niskey subdivision. So if those folks don't very quickly move to annex into the city they're now surrounded by, they will become legally subject to becoming part of South Fulton, if it passes. Which, is ridiculous.

Likewise, the Cascade corridor/unincorporated peninsula might end up where the Publix and the OTP section of it annex into Atlanta, but that small unincorporated ITP square with the Kroger does not. So that's going to end up 2 miles from the rest of South Fulton, a little isolated enclave island of a different city? Just... weird.
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Old 06-07-2016, 06:45 AM
 
Location: NW Atlanta
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Looks like there's now an unincorporated, disconnected island northeast of this area, the small Lake Niskey subdivision. So if those folks don't very quickly move to annex into the city they're now surrounded by, they will become legally subject to becoming part of South Fulton, if it passes. Which, is ridiculous.
I think it's actually a (barely) little peninsula. Still ridiculous though.
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