NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 810

SENATE BILL 749

 

AN ACT ENLARGING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF ROANOKE RAPIDS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Section 2.1 of the Charter of the City of Roanoke Rapids, as enacted by Chapter 1054 of the Session Laws of 1967, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"The existing corporate boundary is hereby enlarged and extended to include all the following territory:

BEGINNING at the Northeast corner of the corporate limits of the City of Roanoke Rapids on the South bank of the Roanoke River, thence running along and down said South bank of Roanoke River in an Easterly direction to the Western right of way line of Interstate Highway No. Ninety-five (95); thence running along the Western right of way line of Interstate Highway No. Ninety-five (95) in a Southerly direction to a point in the center of the run of Chockoyotte Creek; thence running along and up the center of the run of said Chockoyotte Creek in a Westerly direction to the Southeast corner of the corporate limits of the City of Roanoke Rapids, thence running along the Eastern boundary line of the corporate limits of the City of Roanoke Rapids to the Roanoke River, the point of beginning; excepting that area described as follows:

That certain tract of land bounded on the North by U.S. Highway #158, on the East by the lands formerly owned by T. W. Mullen, on the South by Chockoyotte Creek, and on the West by the lands formerly owned by W. T. Council, and consisting of the (2) parcels of land as shown and designated on the following maps or plats of record in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Halifax County, to wit:

Parcel 1: That certain tract or parcel of land shown and designated as Tract No. 2 according to that certain map or plat entitled "Plat Showing Portion of S. F. Patterson Estate", made by M. H. Shearin, registered surveyor, dated Nov., 1944, recorded in Map Book 3 at pages 42 and 43, Halifax Public Registry.

Parcel 2: That certain tract or parcel of land shown and designated on that certain map or plat entitled "Map of Part of the Emry Property, Weldon Township, Halifax County, N.C., owned by W. T. Council and W. J. Long", made by W. B. Fluharty, Engineer, dated Dec., 1924, recorded in Map book 4 at page 10, Halifax Public Registry."

Sec. 2. The City of Roanoke Rapids shall provide police protection, fire protection, garbage collection, and street maintenance services to the area described in Section 1 of this act on substantially the same basis and in the same manner as such services are being provided within the City of Roanoke Rapids immediately prior to the effective date of Section 1 of this act.

Sec. 3. Remedies for failure to provide services.  If not earlier than one year from the effective date of Section 1 of this act, any person owning property in the area described in Section 1 of this act shall believe the City of Roanoke Rapids has not furnished the services required to be furnished under Section 2 of this act, such person my apply for a Writ of Mandamus under the provisions of Article 40, Chapter 1 of the General Statutes. Relief may be granted by the judge of superior court if the City of Roanoke Rapids has not provided the services required to be provided under Section 2 of this act.

Sec. 4. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of July, 1971.