Fayetteville was exempt from legislation in 1959 that allowed other cities in North Carolina to extend their municipal boundaries without referendum or petition, resulting in urban density growth in many areas of Cumberland County without the benefit of municipal services. In 1983, legislation was introduced that now allows annexation to take place within Cumberland County pursuant to more stringent guidelines with regard to the level of services being provided. We are now faced with the problem of eliminating thousands of individual septic system and upgrading of water systems to provide fire flow protection.

There are many issues and criteria considered by the City prior to embarking on an annexation project. The chart shown below illustrates the process made to date by the City in cooperation with PWC toward addressing the needs of urbanized areas located adjacent to what was the City's corporate boundary. This systematic approach for the extensions of utilities through annexation is being expanded to include a much larger portion of the urbanized areas having substantial need for public sanitary sewer utility services.

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Phase IIIB || Phase IVA || Phase IVB || Phase V