NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 169
HOUSE BILL 650

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF TRANSPORTATION TO PERMIT ENCROACHMENT OF AIRSPACE ABOVE BILTMORE AVENUE IN THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE MOUNTAIN AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  For construction of the facilities of the Mountain Area Health Education Center the Board of Transportation is hereby authorized and empowered to permit private use of and encroachment upon the airspace above Biltmore Avenue located inside the corporate limits of the City of Asheville for the purpose of construction and maintenance of bridges, elevated buildings or 124 other overhead structures between buildings on opposite sides of Biltmore Avenue; provided, in the opinion of the Board of Transportation such bridge, elevated building or other overhead structure will not unreasonably interfere with or impair the property rights and easements of abutting owners nor unreasonably interfere with or obstruct the public use of Biltmore Avenue.
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of April, 1975.