The Chattahoochee Hills City Council on Oct. 7 agreed with the Coweta County Commission to have 179 acres off Shell Road annexed into the city. The vote followed a unanimous vote by commissioners on Aug. 19.
The 178.78-acre area situated inside Coweta off Shell Road (Atlanta Newnan Road) is part of the much larger 900-acre Serenbe community which lies within the city limits of Chatt Hills in southwest Fulton County.
Applicant Steve Nygren and Chatt Hills had requested that the acreage situated inside Coweta be annexed, allowing the city limits to be expanded to include the 179 acres.
At present, tentative plans call for nine homes on the property, with 70 percent of the acreage to be utilized for Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) which would be used for higher density in other areas of Serenbe or Chatt Hills.
TDRs include, not the sale of property, but the right develop on that property so that development can occur in other areas of the city designated for development.
The annexation puts a small slice of the 33,000-acre city into Coweta County.
Chatt Hills will not be the only municipality that has a footprint in two counties. Approximately 15 percent of the Palmetto city limits is situated in Coweta County.
