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Annexation In Georgia: Legal And Practical Considerations - FindLaw
3. Complete description of lands to be annexed. O.C.G.A. § 36-36-21
2. Owners of public lands and roads are not considered in calculating the acreage. O.C.G.A. § 36-36-32
3. All persons resident or owning property in the municipal corporation or the area to be annexed may be heard. O.C.G.A. § 36-36-36
4. Be advertised one a week for three successive weeks in a general area newspaper (last ad at least one week before hearing), or if no such paper, post in at least three public places of area to be annexed for 30 days prior to the hearing. O.C.G.A. § 36-36-57
2. All persons resident or owning property in the territory described in the notice of the hearing and all residents of the municipality shall be given an opportunity to be heard. O.C.G.A. § 36-36-57
4. Majority wins. If majority vote not to annex, no attempt at annexation under of any portion of the property by this method can be tried again for two years. O.C.G.A. § 36-36-58
IV. LOCAL ACT BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY-ARTICLE 1A
3. The notice must include a map or other description sufficient to identify the area. O.C.G.A. §§ 36-35-16, 36-36-6.
V. ANNEXATION OF UNINCORPORATED ISLANDS-UNDER ARTICLE 6
2. Signed by all of the owners of all of the land, except the owners of any public street, road, highway, or right of way, proposed to be deannexed.
3. Containing a complete description of the lands to be deannexed O.C.G.A. § 36-36-22
Once an annexation is effective, which occurs on the first day of the month following satisfaction of all annexation requirements of the method followed, the property transfers from the jurisdiction of the county, losing whatever zoning the county provided, and becomes unzoned. This issue presents problems to most cities conducting annexation. A variety of invalid zoning methods are typically used. Recognition of this problem sparked recent amendments to the Zoning Procedures Law (the "ZPL" - O.C.G.A. § 36-66-1 et seq.), designed to address the problems.
The recent case of Baker v. City of Marietta, 271 Ga. 210, 518 S.E.2d 879) (1999), involved a dispute between Cobb County and Marietta over these provisions. Marietta sought to annex certain property, and Cobb County make an objection. The city and county had been unable to agree on any method to resolve these disputes, and so there was no way to resolve the issue. Cobb County filed suit seeking an injunction on the annexation and a declaration of rights under the new statutes. The trial court ruled that the objection letter was not proper because it was signed only by the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, and not the entire Board. The trial court further declared O.C.G.A. § 36-36-11 and 36-70-24(C)(4) as unconstitutional, in violation of Art. IX, Sec. 2, Para. 9, because it interfered with a municipality's right to control zoning within its boundaries. Cobb County was satisfied with the striking of the statute and did not appeal. The attorney general had intervened to protect the statute and appealed. The Supreme Court ruled that the finding of the trial court that the bona fide objection was invalid was sufficient to find that the annexations should go forward, and the trial court had no justiciable controversy left enabling it to rule on the constitutionality. The Supreme Court ruled that the striking on constitutional grounds was thus an advisory opinion, and vacated that portion of the opinion.