NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 733

HOUSE BILL 1242

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY OF ROWAN AND MUNICIPALITIES THEREIN TO MUTUALLY AGREE ON ZONING AND SUBDIVISION JURISDICTION LINES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  That the Board of County Commissioners of Rowan County and the legislative bodies of the municipalities located wholly or partly therein in addition to the powers granted to them in Article 20A and Article 20B, Chapter 153 and Article 14 and Article 18, Part 3A of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes are hereby authorized to define extraterritorial municipal zoning and subdivision jurisdictional limits at a distance of more or less than one mile from the municipal boundary provided such limits are described by natural and man-made physical features, and provided such boundaries are mutually agreed to by resolution of the County Board of Commissioners and the governing bodies of the municipalities whose jurisdiction is directly involved, provided further that any party to such an agreement may upon one year's written notice withdraw its approval and the agreement shall have no further affect within the jurisdiction of such local unit of government.  Any zoning or subdivision ordinances as may be enacted or adopted by the legislative body having jurisdiction as per the agreement shall be in accord with the provisions required by law for the specific ordinance for that unit of local government.

Sec. 2.  This act repeals those portions of the Charter of the City of Salisbury concerning the limits of the extraterritorial subdivision and zoning jurisdiction to the extent of such conflict, and all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of July, 1971.