GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 605

HOUSE BILL 562

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH TO ELIMINATE THE UNANIMOUS VOTE REQUIREMENT FOR ORDINANCES AFFECTING BUSINESS AND TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH TO REGULATE DEVELOPMENT IN ESTUARINE WATERS AND PUBLIC TRUST LIMITS UNDER NAVIGABLE WATERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 7 of Chapter 305 of the 1899 Private Laws as amended by Section 4 of Chapter 519 of the 1965 Session Laws is amended by deleting Section 7(b)(3) in its entirety.

Sec. 2.  G.S. 160A-381 is amended by inserting immediately after the first sentence a new sentence to read:  "A city may also regulate development over estuarine waters and over lands covered by navigable waters owned by the State pursuant to G.S. 146-12, that are within the zoning jurisdiction of the city." and by adding a new paragraph at the end to read:  "For the purposes of this section, the term 'structures' shall include floating homes."

Sec. 3.  This act applies only to the Town of Wrightsville Beach.

Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of July, 1985.