NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 789

HOUSE BILL 1344

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF EDENTON TO PROVIDE FOR A STREET AND SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter 1013 of the 1961 Session Laws is hereby amended by adding a new Chapter XIII (thirteen) to read as follows:

"Chapter XIII.

"Street and Sidewalk Improvements.

"Section 1. Authority. In addition to any authority which is now or may hereafter be granted by general law to the Town for making street and sidewalk improvements, the Town Board is hereby authorized to make such improvements and to assess fifty percent (50%) of the total cost thereof against abutting property owners in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, without the necessity of a petition of property owners.

"Sec. 2. Sidewalk Improvements. In addition to any authority which is now or may hereafter be granted by general law to the Town for making sidewalk improvements, the Town Council is hereby authorized to order to be made or to make sidewalk improvements or repairs according to standards and specifications of the Town, and to assess fifty percent (50%) of the total cost thereof against abutting property owners, without the necessity of a petition of property owners.

"Sec. 3. Assessment Procedure. In ordering street or sidewalk improvements or sidewalk repairs, without a petition and assessing fifty percent (50%) of the cost thereof under authority of this Chapter, the Town Council shall follow the procedure provided by the General Statutes relating to street and sidewalk assessments, except those provisions relating to the petition of property owners and the sufficiency thereof.

"Sec. 4. Effects of Assessments. The effect of the act of levying assessments under authority of this Chapter shall for all purposes be the same as if the assessments were levied under authority of the General Statutes."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of July, 1971.