NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 24

HOUSE BILL 33

AN ACT TO EXTEND THE PLANNING, ZONING, AND BUILDING REGULATION POWERS OF THE CITY OF WILSON AND ITS GOVERNING BODY TO THE TERRITORY BEYOND AND SURROUNDING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WILSON FOR A DISTANCE OF ONE MILE IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. For the purpose of promoting the orderly growth, expansion and development of the City of Wilson and the surrounding territory hereinafter defined, and for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals or general welfare of the citizens of the City of Wilson and of the territory and community beyond and surrounding the corporate limits of the said municipality, as hereinafter defined, the governing body of the City of Wilson is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt such ordinances and regulations as may be considered necessary or expedient by the governing body of the City of Wilson to regulate, control and restrict the height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of a lot that may be occupied, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces, the density of population, and the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes, the construction of buildings, including plumbing, heating and electrical installations, and the names of streets, and the city may provide street name signs in the area, not only within the corporate limits of the City of Wilson, but also, when specifically provided by the terms of any such ordinance, within the territory and community beyond and surrounding the corporate boundaries of the City of Wilson, as now or hereafter fixed, for a distance of one mile of and beyond such corporate boundaries in all directions; and within the aforesaid territory beyond the corporate boundaries, the governing body of the City of Wilson is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise any and all powers of planning and zoning and building and subdivision regulations conferred upon the City of Wilson and vested in its governing body by the Charter of the City of Wilson, and the General Statutes of North Carolina, as amended from time to time, including but not being limited to the provisions of Article 14 and Part 3A of Article 18 of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes, and by any other statute applicable to the City of Wilson, to the same extent and according to the same methods of procedure as applicable to zoning and planning and subdivision and building regulations within the corporate limits of the City of Wilson.

Sec. 2. The City of Wilson is authorized, in order to enforce properly the provisions of any zoning ordinance, subdivision control ordinance, or building regulation, to require by ordinance that prior to the beginning of any construction, reconstruction or alteration of any building or structure, or for plumbing, heating or electrical installations within said area, a permit or permits be obtained therefor from the building inspector of the City of Wilson. All permits, plans, inspections and fees which are specified in the Wilson Code or Ordinances will apply to such area within one mile beyond the corporate limits.

Sec. 3. The provisions of this Act shall apply only to the City of Wilson and to the territory within the corporate limits of the City of Wilson and that territory beyond and surrounding the corporate limits of the City of Wilson for a distance of one mile beyond the same in all directions.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.

Sec. 5. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of March, 1965.