Opinion ID: 1564070
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Jackson's Annexation Ordinance

Text: ¶ 8. On March 23, 2004, the Jackson City Council adopted an Ordinance Enlarging and Extending the Corporate Boundaries of the City of Jackson. Jackson filed its petition for annexation on March 29, 2004. The ordinance and petition for annexation described three parcels of land, one of which, Parcel 1, was entirely within the PIA and is the subject of this appeal. Thereafter, the chancellor consolidated the incorporation and annexation proceedings. [5] ¶ 9. Jackson challenged the court's jurisdiction to hear the incorporation and moved to bifurcate the jurisdictional issues regarding incorporation. The trial court granted the motion to bifurcate, and a trial on the jurisdictional requirements commenced November 1, 2004. After five weeks of trial on jurisdictional issues, the trial court found that BI had established jurisdiction. Jackson appeals the chancellor's determination of jurisdiction. ¶ 10. By opinion and order entered December 21, 2006, the trial court determined that the incorporation of approximately twenty square miles was reasonable and required by public convenience and necessity. The trial court also determined that the annexation of approximately four square miles was reasonable. The trial court's ruling allowed some areas, including the Industrial Center, to remain in unincorporated Hinds County.