The latest

dispute over annexation efforts by Fayetteville has wound up in Fayette

Superior Court.

Fayette County

is suing Fayetteville Mayor Ken Steele and the City Council over two tracts

of land annexed near the Fayette Pavilion shopping center.

The two tracts

total nearly 60 acres. A 55-acre tract borders Ga. Highway 314, while

the other tract is a five acre site south of the Fayette Pavilion on Ga.

Highway 85.

County officials

maintain the annexations are creating confusion about which government

agency should provide service to the area.

The county

maintains the annexations created islands of city property surrounded

But in the

annexations, Fayetteville officials left a 10-foot strip that connects

unincorporated property, so the city maintains the properties are not

islands.

Fayetteville

officials are maintaining the properties need sewer to be used, which

is unavailable in the county.

County officials

are seeking a declatory judgement in the case and are hoping for a February

hearing in the case.