Fayette County

is asking the Department of Community Affairs to examine Fayetteville's

latest annexation request.

The city informed

the county last week it wants to annex a nearly 55-acre tract at the Fayette

Pavilion. The tract is east of Ga. Highway 314 and includes Kohl's, Belk,

and the old Dekor building.

Assistant county

attorney Dennis Davenport told the County Commission last Thursday the

request should be forwarded to the DCA because the city did not ask to

annex the entire parcel. The city left a 10-ft. strip near Hwy. 314, which

violates the 100 percent rule required by any annexation.

the strip out, Davenport said the city also leaves an island, which is

not allowed in annexation cases.

The attorney

recommended the county ask DCA for an administrative ruling on the case

before it responds