Opinion ID: 2495667
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Horn Lake's internal growth and population growth

Text: ¶ 16. The chancellor found that approximately 797 people, annually, have moved into the corporate limits of Horn Lake since 2002, which was the year of the municipality's most recent annexation. Further, the trial court found that several subdivisions and housing developments had been commenced in Horn Lake since 2000. However, the chancellor also found that, except for one large apartment complex, the majority of those developments were largely vacant and/or undeveloped. ¶ 17. Slaughter testified that the population of the City of Horn Lake in 2000 was 14,099, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and that by 2007, the population had grown to 24,133. While the population had greatly increased, Anita Rainey, the director of planning for Horn Lake, testified that residential construction had come to a complete standstill. In fact, no new residential building permits had been issued during the year 2009. Further, two residential subdivisions in Horn Lake, approved for development, have been abandoned completely. ¶ 18. Faced with the foregoing evidence, the chancellor's findings that the subfactor of the city's internal growth weighed against annexation by Horn Lake was supported by substantial, credible evidence, was well within his discretion, and was not manifestly wrong.