NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 292

HOUSE BILL 755

 

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE A PART OF "JAMESTOWN HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION" INTO THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF MORGANTON.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. From and after the effective date of this act the following described territory contiguous to the present limits of said City is annexed to the City of Morganton, to wit:

BEGINNING at a point in the center of Silver Creek and runs thence North 65° 00' West 26.50 feet to an iron pipe on the Northwest bank of Silver Creek, corner of Lot 43; thence North 28° 50' West 1315.92 feet to a point, corner of Lots 1 and 30; thence South 58° 00' West 200 feet to an iron pin; thence South 60° 20' West 60 feet; thence South 61° 30' West 660 feet to a point in line of Lots 9 and 23; thence South 68° 30' West 440.0 feet to a point, corner of Lots 13 and 14; thence South 83° 17' West 41.7 feet to a point, corner of Lots 14, 16, 17 and 19; thence South 61° 04' West 233 feet to an iron pin in East right of way limit boundary line of Raintree Lane, corner of Lots 16 and 17; thence North 34° 30' West 73.14 feet to a point; thence South 63° 30' West 61 feet to an iron pin in West right of way limit boundary line of Raintree Lane, corner of Lots 103 and 104; thence South 63° 30' West 202 feet to an iron pin, corner of Lots 103 and 104; thence South 27° 58' East with West right of way limit boundary line of said subdivision 1583.05 feet to an iron pin on the North bank of Silver Creek; thence South 27° 58' East 20 feet to the center of Silver Creek; thence in Easterly direction with center line of said creek to the BEGINNING.

For further description see plats recorded Plat Book 5, Pages 146, 147 and 148, Burke Registry, captioned, "Charles D. Owens Co.".

Sec. 2. On the date of annexation the City of Morganton shall provide police protection, fire protection, garbage collection and street maintenance services in above described annexed territory on substantially the same basis and in the same manner as such services are provided for the rest of the municipality.

Sec. 3. Property owners in the above territory may secure water and sewer service according to the policies in effect in Morganton for extending water and sewer lines to individual lots or subdivisions; however the City of Morganton shall have the right to make special assessments against benefited property according to Article 10, Chapter 160A of the General Statutes of North Carolina.

Sec. 4. From and after the effective date of the annexation ordinance, the territory and its citizens and property shall be subject to all debts, laws, ordinances and regulations in force in such municipality and shall be entitled to the same privileges and benefits as other parts of such municipality. The newly annexed territory shall be subject to municipal taxes levied for the fiscal year following the effective date of annexation.

Sec. 5. The effective date of this act is upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of May, 1973.