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A hearing was held Monday in Anderson County Chancery Court regarding the annexations by the city of Norris of several properties along Highway 61. Some property owners objected, claiming that the proper policies and procedures had not been followed, but Chancellor William Lantrip ruled that all but one of the pieces of property had been properly annexed by the city.
He initially ruled that one parcel was not adjacent to the city’s Urban Growth Boundary at the time it was annexed, which is one of the requirements for cities to take in new land under state law.
However, on Tuesday, the chancellor set aside that ruling and indicated that he will not make a formal ruling on the claim until later this summer as he encouraged the property owner to file a motion for summary judgment and the city to respond in preparation for oral arguments in the case in either June or July.
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Andrew Howe says
If they don’t want to be annexed, don’t annex them. Maybe they didn’t move to Norris proper for a reason.
Since when are towns allowed to grow without the land owners saying “we’d like to be part of the town”? That is totally and utterly WRONG!
Or perhaps many of the land owners did, but not all. So annex those who want annexing, leave alone those who don’t.
Just because some law gives a city the right to annex properties doesn’t mean it IS right.
Under this kind to pretext, I suppose I should annex the greenbelt behind my property. I mean, I provide the upkeep for it anyway, so shouldn’t it be mine? And the wildlife I feed, maybe I should lay claim to those – free food for me, right?
Geez, I get tired of being the ‘fairness police’. Isn’t this the kind of thing all y’all are supposed to be learning in church?!
sigh…
Ck Kelsey says
Well call me crazy but I was taught that it’s wrong to covet other’s property. Norris is WRONG. Sleepy Eyed Johns should be left to grow and prosper,they provide a great service to young dancers and musicians. They do not want the City restrictions to stop them from improving their own property.Norris is guilty of what they have been fighting for with the City of Clinton for the past few years. Let people live free ! The power to Tax and Annex is the power to destroy!