Doraville Annexation Bill HB 1138

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House Bill 1138

By: Representatives Holcomb of the 81st and Taylor of the 79th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

To amend an Act reincorporating the City of Doraville in the County of DeKalb, approved1

October 13, 1971 (Ga. L. 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 2154), as amended, so as to change the2

corporate limits; to authorize certain tax exemptions; to prohibit certain annexation efforts;3

to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for4

other purposes.5

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6

SECTION 1.7

An Act reincorporating the City of Doraville in the County of DeKalb, approved8

October 13, 1971 (Ga. L. 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 2154), as amended, is amended by revising the9

description of the corporate limits of the City of Doraville in Appendix A by adding at the10

end the following:11

"In addition to all other territory included within the corporate limits of said city, the12corporate limits shall specifically include the following described property, all of which is13

located in DeKalb County, Georgia:14

Annexation Area A:15

A certain parcel of land lying and being in Land Lots 337 and 320 of the 18th District16

of DeKalb County, Georgia, according to the platting and tax parcel systems as set forth17

in the official records of DeKalb County, Georgia, on the 27th day of February, 2014,18

as more particularly described as follows:19

Commencing at the intersection of Parcel 18 337 04 002, Parcel 18 338 08 085, the20

easterly right-of-way property boundary of Buford Highway Northeast/US Highway21

Route 23, and the existing municipal property boundary of the City of Doraville, and22

being the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING of this description;23

Thence, southerly following the municipal property boundary of the City of Doraville,24

which follows the easterly right-of-way property boundary of Buford Highway25

Northeast/US Highway Route 23 to a point of intersection of the easterly right-of-way26

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property boundary of Buford Highway Northeast/US Highway Route 23, Parcel 1827

320 01 009 and Parcel 18 320 01 035;28

Thence, approximately 200 feet along the southerly property boundary of Parcel 1829

320 01 009 to a point intersecting with southerly property boundary of Parcel 18 32030

01 010 and easterly property boundary of Parcel 18 320 01 027;31

Thence, approximately 14 feet along the easterly property boundary of Parcel 18 32032

01 010 to a point intersecting with the easterly property boundary of said parcel and33

with the southerly property boundary of Parcel 18 320 01 009;34


320 01 009 to a point intersecting with the southerly property boundary of Parcel 1836

320 01 008;37



320 01 024;40


320 01 024 to a point of intersection of said Parcel and Parcel 18 320 01 023;42


01 024 to a point intersecting with easterly property boundary of Parcel 18 320 0144

026;45


01 026 to a point of intersection of said Parcel and the northerly property boundary47

of Parcel 18 320 01 019;48

Thence, approximately 170 feet along the northerly property boundary of Parcel 1849

320 01 019 to a point of intersection of said Parcel and the westerly right-of-way of50

McElroy Road;51

Thence, crossing McElroy Road to a point of intersection of the easterly right-of-way52

of McElroy Road and the westerly property boundary of Parcel 18 320 04 039 and53

Parcel 18 320 04 040;54

Thence, northerly along the easterly right-of-way of McElroy Road to its intersection55

with Parcel 18 320 04 039 and Parcel 18 320 04 038;56

Thence, approximately 692 feet along the northeasterly property boundary of Parcel57

18 320 04 038 to a point intersecting with the westerly property boundary Parcel 1858

320 04 064;59


04 038 to a point intersecting with the southerly property boundary of Parcel 18 33761

05 001;62

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337 05 005;65


337 05 005 to a point intersecting with easterly property boundary of Parcel 18 33767

05 005;68


05 005 to a point of intersection of said Parcel and the southerly right-of-way of70

Oakcliff Road;71

Thence, crossing Oakcliff Road to a point of intersection of the northerly right-of-way72

of Oakcliff Road, Parcel 18 337 09 027, and Parcel 18 337 04 009;73

Thence, approximately 107 feet along the westerly property boundary of Parcel 1874


337 09 027;76



337 09 028;79


337 09 028 to a point of intersection of said Parcel and the municipal property81

boundary of the City of Doraville;82

Thence, northerly following the municipal property boundary of the City of Doraville83

to the intersection of Parcel 18 337 04 002, Parcel 18 338 08 085, and the southerly84

right-of-way property boundary of Buford Highway Northeast/US Highway Route 23,85

and being the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.86

Annexation Area B:87

A certain parcel of land lying and being in Land Lots 282 and 295 of the 18th District88

of DeKalb County, Georgia, according to the platting and tax parcel systems as set forth89

in the official records of DeKalb County, Georgia, on the 27th day of February, 201490

as more particularly described as follows:91

Commencing at the intersection of the easterly right-of-way boundary of Chestnut92

Drive, the existing municipal boundary of the City of Doraville, and Parcel 18 282 1393

002, being the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING of this description;94

Thence, southerly following the easterly right-of-way of Chestnut Drive to a point of95

intersection of said right-of-way with the northerly right-of-way with Interstate 85;96

Thence, northeasterly along the northerly right-of-way of Interstate 85 to a point of97

intersection with the westerly right-of-way of Interstate 285;98

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Thence, northwesterly along the westerly right-of-way of Interstate 285 to its point99

of intersection with Parcel 18 295 01 034, and Parcel 18 295 01 036;100

Thence, approximately 477 feet along the northerly boundary of Parcel 18 295 01 034101

to a point intersecting with the easterly boundary of Parcel 18 295 01 037;102

Thence, northeasterly approximately 47 feet along the easterly boundary of Parcel 18103

295 01 037 to a point intersecting with northerly boundary of Parcel 18 295 01 037;104

Thence, along the northerly boundary of Parcel 18 295 01 037 to a point of105

intersection of said Parcel and Parcel 18 295 01 032;106

Thence, approximately 472 feet along the easterly boundary of Parcel 18 295 01 032107

to a point intersecting with the northerly boundary of Parcel 18 295 01 032;108


to a point intersecting with the westerly boundary of Parcel 18 295 01 032;110

Thence, approximately 735 feet along the westerly boundary of Parcel 18 295 01 032111

to a point intersecting with the southerly boundary of Parcel 18 295 01 032;112

Thence, approximately 38 feet along the southerly boundary of Parcel 18 295 01 032113




Thence, approximately 43 feet along the northwesterly boundary of Parcel 18 295 01117

027 to a point intersecting with the northwesterly boundary of Parcel 18 295 01 019;118

Thence, approximately 580 feet along the northwesterly boundary of Parcel 18 295119

01 019 to a point intersecting with the northwesterly boundary of Parcel 18 295 01120

020;121


01 020 to a point intersecting with the northwesterly boundary of Parcel 18 295 01123

022;124


01 022 to a point intersecting with northwesterly boundary of Parcel 18 295 01 021;126

Thence, approximately 38 feet along the northwesterly boundary of Parcel 18 295 01127

021 to a point of intersection of said Parcel, Parcel 18 295 01 003, and the existing128

municipal boundary of the City of Doraville;129

Thence, southerly following the municipal boundary of the City of Doraville to the130

TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.131

Annexation Area C:132

A certain parcel of land lying and being in Land Lots 312, 313, 314, 317, 318, and 319133

of the 18th District of DeKalb County, Georgia, according to the platting and tax parcel134

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systems as set forth in the official records of DeKalb County, Georgia, on the 27th day135

of February, 2014 as more particularly described as follows:136

Commencing at the intersection of the northwesterly boundary corner of Parcel 18137

312 02 028 and the southwesterly boundary corner of Parcel 18 312 02 010, being the138

TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING of this description;139










to a point intersecting with the southerly boundary of Parcel 18 312 02 030 and the149

northerly right-of-way boundary of Interstate 285;150

Thence, commencing southeasterly following the northerly right-of-way boundary of151

Interstate 285 to a point of intersection of the right-of-way boundary of said Interstate152

and the northerly right-of-way boundary of Interstate 85;153

Thence, commencing northeasterly following the northerly right-of-way boundary of154

Interstate 85 to its point of intersection of said Interstate, the existing boundary of the155

County of DeKalb, and the existing boundary of the County of Gwinnett;156

Thence, commencing northwesterly following the boundary of the County of DeKalb157

to a point of intersection of said boundary, the existing municipal boundary of the158

City of Doraville and the northerly corner of Parcel 18 318 01 001;159

Thence, approximately 1,560 feet along the existing municipal boundary of the City160

of Doraville and the westerly boundary of Parcel 18 318 01 001 to a point of161

intersection with the northerly boundary of Parcel 18 318 01 002;162

Thence, approximately 12 feet along the existing municipal boundary of the City of163

Doraville and the northerly boundary of Parcel 18 318 01 002 to a point of164

intersection with the westerly boundary of Parcel 18 318 01 002;165

Thence, approximately 372 feet along the existing municipal boundary of the City of166

Doraville and the westerly boundary of Parcel 18 318 01 002 and the westerly167

boundary of Parcel 18 318 01 013 to a point intersecting with the easterly boundary168

of Parcel 18 319 17 020;169

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Thence, commencing westerly approximately 1,515 feet along the existing municipal170

boundary of the City of Doraville to the intersection of said municipal boundary and171

the northwest corner of Parcel 18 319 03 034;172

Thence, approximately 1,012 feet along the westerly boundary of Parcel 18 319 03173

034 to a point intersecting with the westerly boundary of Parcel 18 319 03 038;174




to a point intersecting with northerly boundary of Parcel 18 313 01 063;178



Thence, following the westerly boundary of Parcel 18 313 01 063 to a point181

intersecting with the westerly boundary of Parcel 18 313 01 062;182


intersecting with the northerly boundary of Parcel 18 313 01 046;184


intersecting with the northerly boundary of Parcel 18 313 01 059;186




intersecting with the easterly boundary of Parcel 18 312 06 005;190

Thence, approximately 649 feet along the easterly boundary of Parcel 18 312 06 005191



to a point of intersection of said Parcel and the easterly right-of-way boundary of194

Honeysuckle Lane;195

Thence, crossing Honeysuckle Lane to a point of intersection of the westerly196

right-of-way boundary of Honeysuckle Lane and the northerly boundary of Parcel 18197

312 02 030 and Parcel 18 321 02 017;198

Thence, following the westerly right-of-way boundary of Honeysuckle Lane northerly199

to a point of intersection of said Road and the northwesterly corner of Parcel 18 312200

02 017;201


to a point intersecting with the northern boundary of Parcel 18 312 02 019;203

Thence, approximately 270 feet along the northern boundary of Parcel 18 312 02 019204

to a point of intersection of said Parcel and the easterly right-of-way boundary of205

Mcelroy Road;206

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Thence, crossing Mcelroy Road to a point of intersection of the westerly right-of-way207

boundary of said Road, Parcel 18 312 02 028, and Parcel 18 312 02 010;208


to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING."210

SECTION 2.211

(a) Upon the effective date of this Act, the City of Doraville shall be authorized a freeport212

exemption upon such real property in the annexation areas described in this Act as existed213

for such properties, in the same exemption amounts, while they were still part of the214

unincorporated area of DeKalb County. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it215

is specifically provided that no petition, election, or other condition precedent which might216

otherwise be required under Title 48 of the O.C.G.A. to authorize such freeport exemption217

shall be required in order for such properties to continue receiving such exemption.218

(b) Upon signature of the Governor, or this Act becoming effective as otherwise provided219

by law, the annexation areas described in this Act shall be unavailable for further annexation220

and no other annexations affecting the annexation areas described in this Act shall be221

initiated by any annexation method under Chapter 36 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A. and any222

annexation process affecting such annexation areas begun prior to the approval of this Act223

by the Governor or this Act becoming law without such approval shall, if not fully completed224

prior to such event, be null and void and of no effect.225

SECTION 3.226

This Act shall become effective on December 31, 2014, at 12:01 A.M.227

SECTION 4.228

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.229

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