GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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HOUSE BILL 811
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/18/97

Short Title:  Gold Rock/Rocky Mount Annexation.	(Local)
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April 7, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ANNEX THE GOLD ROCK I-95 INTERCHANGE AREA INTO THE CITY OF ROCKY MOUNT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The corporate limits of the City of Rocky Mount are extended to include the Gold Rock I-95 interchange area as described below:
Beginning at N.C.G.S. Monument "AVENT" having coordinates N=842,408.476 feet and E=2,351,974.00 feet North American Datum of 1983; thence N 69° 27'05" W a horizontal ground distance of 1833.62 feet to a point on the southern right-of-way of S.R. 1522 (N.C. 4, I-95 BUS. LOOP) and the northeastern corner of Nash County ABC Board, THE POINT OF BEGINNING; thence along the property of Nash County ABC Board S 25°01'16" W 175.00 feet to a point on the northern property line of McLane Company, Inc.; thence along said property line the following six courses and distances: N 65°00'53" W 80.17 feet to a point; thence S 24° 59'07" W 278.16 feet to a point; thence N 65°00'53" W 250.00 feet to a point; hence N 65°43'09" W 666.62 feet to a point; thence S 24°14'24" W 363.08 feet to a point; thence N 71°49'49" W 400.34 feet to a point on the eastern right-of-way of Goldrock Road (N.C. HWY 48); thence N 71°49'49" W 48.53 feet to a point; thence N 56°42'05" W 132.54 feet to a point where the western right-of-way of Goldrock Road intersects the southern right-of-way of S.R. 1527; thence along the southern right-of-way of S.R. 1527, the following three courses and distances: N 73°04'07" W 576.50 feet to a point; thence N 14°15'53" E 20.00 feet to a point; thence N 80°06'07" W 371.90 feet to a point on the eastern right-of-way of Interstate 95, thence along the eastern right of-way of Interstate 95 the following four courses and distances: N 38°18'51" E 127.97 feet to a point; thence N 42°46'54" E 370.70 feet to a point; thence N 53°36'38" E 97.40 feet to a point; thence N 56°05'42" E 528.44 feet to a point on the southern right-of-way of S.R. 1522; thence across S.R. 1522 N 56°09'54" E 321.63 feet to a point on the northern right-of-way of S.R. 1522; thence along a curve concave to the right having a radius of 876.93 feet and a chord bearing and distance of N 32°33'20" W 164.83 feet to a point; thence along a curve concave to the right having a radius of 638.20 feet and a chord bearing and distance of N 14°20'06" W 220.95 feet to a point; thence N 09°26'54" E 198.70 feet to a point, thence N 15°28'54" E 179.36 feet to a point; thence N 26°31'54" E 233.15 feet to a point in the southwestern corner of the property now or formerly owned by Harry A. Whitaker, Jr.; thence along the southern line of Harry A. Whitaker, S 54°03'06" E 853.10 feet to a point on the western right-of-way of Goldrock Road; thence S 57°08'52" E 59.31 feet to a point on the eastern right-of-way of Goldrock Road; thence along the property now or formerly owned by M.C. Braswell Heirs, Deed Book 220 Page 86, S 54°06'53" E 472.16 feet to a point; thence S 24°59'07" W 704.34 feet to a point on the northern right-of-way of S.R. 1522; thence along S.R. 1522, S 65°00'53" E 60.00 feet to a point; thence along the property of Hotel Ventures of Goldrock Inc., Deed Book 1331 Page 700, the following three courses and distances: N 24°59'07" E 445.00 feet to a point; thence S 65°00'53" E 337.00 feet to a point; thence S 24°59'07" W 445.00 feet to a point on the northern right-of-way of S.R. 1522; thence along S.R. 1522, S 65°00'53" E 472.38 feet to a point; thence S 25°01'16" W 171.00 feet to the Point of Beginning containing 71.70 acres and being in South Whitakers Township, Nash County, North Carolina and as shown on map by Joyner, Keeny & Associates entitled "Areas to be annexed to City of Rocky Mount" dated April 9, 1997.
Section 2. The corporate limits of the area annexed by Section 1 of this act shall be considered satellite corporate limits within the meaning of Part 4 of Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes. The corporate limits of the area annexed by Section 1 of this act are not external boundaries for the purposes of Part 2 or 3 of Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes until they are contiguous to the municipality.
Section 3.  Real and personal property in the territory annexed pursuant to this act is subject to municipal taxes as provided in G.S. 160A-58.10.
Section 4.  Sections 1 through 3 of this act become effective only if the City Council of the City of Rocky Mount adopts an ordinance including the area described in Section 1 of this act in the corporate limits of the City of Rocky Mount.  The ordinance is effective at the date specified therein, but not later than July 1, 1998.
Section 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law.