Residents

who want more information about Senoia�s recent annexation efforts

should circle August 29 on their calendar. City officials announced

a public hearing that day at 7 p.m. at City Hall to discuss the

city�s efforts to annex 100 acres on Rockaway Road.

Senoia

notified the county June 30 of its intentions to annex 101 acres

on Rockaway Road into the city. In his letter notifying the county

of Senoia�s intentions, city administrator Leonard Thompson said

that the applicants, Margaret Brooker and Helen Staska, want R-20

open space zoning in the city.

The open

space zoning category was approved by the Senoia City Council earlier

this year and allows developers to build homes on quarter-acre lots.

The developer must also reserve 25 percent of the total land as

open space.

After learning

of Senoia�s intentions, County Administrator Theron Gay told city

officials the annexation notice was not in compliance with the recently

passed H.B. 489 requirements for governments working together on

annexation issues.

Applicants

are required to supply the intended use of the property, which Senoia

did not do, said Gay.

�While

the applicant has requested R-20 zoning, Coweta County is not sure

of specific uses within that classification, or if it is Senoia�s

intent to place that zoning classification on the property once

annexed,� Gay added.

Gay said

the city is also required to allow for a 30-day response time, instead

of the five days it requested. Mayor Joan Trammell said the city

also needs to work on an annexation policy to deal with future requests.