GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 565
HOUSE BILL 683

AN ACT TO EXEMPT THE CITIES OF LINCOLNTON AND CHERRYVILLE FROM CERTAIN ZONING NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Notwithstanding G.S. 160A-384 or any other provision of law, when a city is zoning property, in lieu of mailing a notice of the proposed zoning classification actions to any property owner or other person a city may publish once a week for four successive calendar weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the area a map showing the boundaries of the area which the city proposes to zone.  Such map shall be not less than one-half of a newspaper page in size and shall be published on the dates that the notice of hearing with regard to such proposed zoning actions is published pursuant to G.S. 160A-364.  This notice shall only be effective for property owners that reside in the area of general circulation of the newspaper which publishes the notice.  Property owners who reside outside of said area, according to the address listed on the most recent property tax listing for the affected property, shall be notified by mail pursuant to G.S. 160A-384.
Sec. 2.  This act applies only to the Cities of Lincolnton and Cherryville.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 4th day of July, 1989.