Opinion ID: 2495667
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 20

Heading: Need for municipal services in the area sought to be annexed

Text: ¶ 50. The City of Horn Lake alleges that the chancellor erred in holding that the proposed annexation area is generally not in need of municipal level services by Horn Lake. ¶ 51. In City of Macon, 854 So.2d at 1041, this Court said that the factors to be considered in determining whether the need for municipal services is reasonable may include: (1) requests for water and sewage services; (2) plan of the City to provide first response fire protection; (3) adequacy of existing fire protection; (4) plan of the City to provide police protection; (5) plan of City to provide increased solid waste collection; (6) use of septic tanks in the proposed annexation area; and (7) population density. Id. (citations omitted). Further, in sparsely populated areas, there is less of a need for immediate municipal services. Id. at 1042.