GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION LAW 2001-37
AN ACT TO REMOVE THE PERCENTAGE OF AREA LIMITATION FOR SATELLITE ANNEXATIONS BY various municipalities.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 160A-58.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) A noncontiguous area proposed for annexation must meet all of the following standards:
(1) The nearest point on the proposed satellite corporate limits must be not more than three miles from the primary corporate limits of the annexing city.
(2) No point on the proposed satellite corporate limits may be closer to the primary corporate limits of another city than to the primary corporate limits of the annexing city.
(3) The area must be so situated that the annexing city will be able to provide the same services within the proposed satellite corporate limits that it provides within its primary corporate limits.
(4) If the area proposed for annexation, or any portion thereof, is a subdivision as defined in G.S. 160A-376, all of the subdivision must be included.
(5) The area
within the proposed satellite corporate limits, when added to the area within
all other satellite corporate limits, may not exceed ten percent (10%) of the
area within the primary corporate limits of the annexing city."
SECTION 2. This act applies to the Cities of Marion, Oxford, and Rockingham and the Towns of Calabash, Catawba, Dallas, Godwin, Louisburg, Mocksville, Pembroke, Rutherfordton, and Waynesville only.
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of April, 2001.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives