Union City

could grow dramatically if a proposed annexation receives the blessing

of the Atlanta Regional Commission and the city's leaders.

Developer D.R.

Horton-Torrey Homes wants the city to annex more than 300 acres near Oakley

Industrial Boulevard so they can build 1,240 homes.

City planning

director Ann Lipmann said the annexation would be one of the biggest the

city has had in years and would continue the trend of rapid growth in

the South Fulton city.

ARC officials

are evaluating the project as a Development of Regional Impact, which

means that governments in surrounding areas will be asked for comment,

and Lipmann believes ARC will finish examining the project by mid-August.

If the ARC

finishes in that time frame, city officials would then discuss the project

in late September or October.

The company

has already petitioned the city to annex 38 acres off of Koweta Road to

add to its existing Valley Lake subdivision. Torrey Homes wants to add

100 homes to the existing 182 homes.

The Koweta

Road annexation will be discussed at a July 30 public hearing at 7 p.m.

in council chambers at City Hall.

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