Fayette County objects to one proposed Fayetteville annexation over density, declines objection to two other annexation requests

Fayette County commissioners voted Dec. 11 to object to one proposed annexation by the City of Fayetteville while choosing not to object to two other municipal annexation notifications presented at the meeting.

Planning and Zoning Director Deborah Bell told the board the City of Fayetteville submitted two Step Two annexation requests. The first involved nine parcels totaling 16.611 acres at 1336 Hwy 54 W and staff concluded the City’s proposed P-O (Professional Office) zoning was similar to the County’s existing O-I (Office-Institutional) designation; staff recommended no objection and the board voted 4-0 not to object.

A separate Fayetteville request covered four parcels (about ±37 acres at 1352–1374 Hwy 54 W and Lester Road). Bell said the applicant proposed rezoning to PCD (Planned Community Development) and staff recommended objection because the proposed land use and zoning were significantly more intensive than the County Future Land Use Plan, and staff estimated the development could change from roughly 37 homes to approximately 315 homes. County Attorney Dennis A. Davenport noted that the two annexation petitions were filed separately rather than as a single request and said that procedural irregularity and the creation of an unincorporated island supported close review. Commissioner Eric K. Maxwell described the proposed configuration as likely to create a local traffic bottleneck. The board voted 4-0 to object to the four-parcel annexation request, citing the departure from the County’s Land Use Plan and likely infrastructure impacts under O.C.G.A. 36-36-113.

Planning Director Bell also presented a Town of Woolsey request to annex a 20.34-acre portion of a parcel on State Route 92 South; staff found the proposed R-A zoning analogous to the County’s A-R zoning and recommended no objection. The board voted 4-0 not to object.

All three motions carried 4-0 with Commissioner Charles W. Oddo absent. The record shows staff relied on the County's Future Land Use Plan and O.C.G.A. 36-36-113 when making the recommendation to object to the more intensive Fayetteville proposal.