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Fairburn

will soon have a very upscale subdivision.

The fairburn

City Council gave its approval to annexing the new Major Manor Estates

on V.B. Smith Road. The 11-home subdivision will feature homes priced

in the $300's.

Developer

Ted Baker has been trying to get property annexed into Fairburn since

last year and finally cleared up the property line boundary questions.

"This

will be an added attraction and tax base to the city," he said.

Before the

city approved the subdivision, resident Tanya Russell asked the council

to consider her plight. She had placed a contract on one of the homes

to be built in Baker's subdivision late last summer.

But because

of the property dispute, her home has not been built.

"I've

had many problems getting in touch with Baker," she said.

Construction

on the home was to start in October and be completed in December, but

nothing has been accomplished.

"I'm

not for or against the annexation. I just thought you needed to know

this," she said.

The council

voted 5-1 to annex the property into the city from unincorporated Fulton

County, with Councilman Gene Wiggins voting against it.

City Planner

Bill Johnson said the land is no longer suitable for agricultural uses

and suggested rezoning it for one-acre lots.

After the

annexation vote, the council voted unanimously to rezone the property

from AR, agricultural, to R-1, one-acre home lots.