![]() Subdivision residents rejected secession in 2018.Īlthough rumblings about a potential Buckhead split have gone on for years, the effort picked up steam last year due to concerns about crime. ![]() But it has allowed only one vote to leave, a wealthy subdivision inside the small city of Stockbridge south of Atlanta. Georgia’s legislature has allowed unincorporated areas around Atlanta to vote to form their own cities for nearly two decades. That would include an 85-acre plot south of the city now slated to become a controversial police training center nicknamed Cop City by opponents. Atlanta would also have to either split all assets outside its city limits with the proposed Buckhead City borders or sell them and split the proceeds. The proposal would allow Buckhead City to acquire Atlanta park land within its boundaries for just $100,000 per acre, even though an acre in the neighborhood can command 10 times that amount. It also sets out terms for what would happen to Atlanta’s assets inside the proposed new city’s limits. The legislation before the General Assembly lays out the proposed new city’s charter, including its ability to regulate everything from live chickens to pawn shops, and what the new city’s council members will be paid, which is roughly what Atlanta council members earn now.
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