Politics

Commissioners table latest effort to outlaw city annexations

County Commission Chair Bill Lapsley cites the city’s eastward growth along South Allen Road and Upward Road as an example of urban sprawl, one reason he favors a bill in the state Legislature barring the city from requiring developments that need sewer service to petition for annexation. One such development is the Summit at Hendersonville apartments between South Allen Road and I-26.

By Bill Moss, Published: April 2, 2025

Henderson County and the city of Hendersonville are either edging toward a new escalation in their decades-long war over water and sewer service or tilting instead toward settlement negotiations.