GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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SENATE BILL 535
     

 
Short Title:	Charlotte/Meck. Spheres of Influence.	()	
Sponsors:	Senators Clodfelter;  Dannelly and Odom.	
Referred to:	Finance.	
March 19, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the city of charlotte and mecklenburg county to exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction in the city of charlotte's areas of sphere of influence.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding Chapter 161 of the 1991 Session Laws, the City of Charlotte may exercise the powers granted by Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes within certain extraterritorial areas in Mecklenburg County.  This act authorizes the City of Charlotte to exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction only in those areas that the City of Charlotte may annex as set forth in the City of Charlotte's annexation agreements, and amendments thereto, with the Towns of Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, Matthews, Mint Hill, and Pineville and such areas are commonly referred to as within the City of Charlotte's sphere of influence.  The area in which the extraterritorial jurisdiction authorized by this act is to be exercised shall be specifically identified in an ordinance as required by G.S. 160A‑360, and may be changed from time to time in the same manner, in accordance with the above referenced agreement, modifications thereto, or future agreements or changed circumstances delineating areas in which the towns may annex.
SECTION 2.  Any exercise of authority granted by this act shall be accomplished in accordance with G.S. 160A‑360, except that no approval for Mecklenburg County is required prior to such exercise.
SECTION 3.  The authority granted by this act shall not be exercised with respect to the property acquired by Mecklenburg County from Hazeline Massey, tax parcel number 215‑062‑02; the property acquired by Mecklenburg County from National Facilities Corporation, tax parcel number 215‑081‑15; or the property acquired by Mecklenburg County from Lester H. Yandle, Jr., tax parcel numbers 215‑062‑01 and 215‑062‑06.  As owner and user of the property exempted in this section, Mecklenburg County shall not cause the elevation of the property to be increased more than 25 feet above the highest point existing on the property on the date of ratification of this act, unless the increase is approved in a resolution adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Matthews.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.