GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION
CHAPTER 807
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE CITIES AND COUNTIES NEED NOT MAIL ZONING NOTICES FOR A TOTAL REZONING.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 160A-384 reads as rewritten:
"§ 160A-384. Method of procedure.-The city council shall provide for the manner in
which zoning regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of zoning districts
shall be determined, established and enforced, and from time to time amended,
supplemented or changed, in accordance with the provisions of this
Article. The procedures adopted pursuant to this section shall provide
that whenever there is a zoning classification action involving a parcel of
land, the owner of that parcel of land as shown on the county tax listing, and
the owners of all parcels of land abutting that parcel of land as shown on the
county tax listing, shall be mailed a notice of the proposed classification by
first class mail at the last addresses listed for such owners on the county tax
abstracts.;provided that this sentence does not apply in the case of
a total rezoning of all property within the corporate boundaries of a municipality.
The person or persons mailing such notices shall certify to the City
Council that fact, and such certificate shall be deemed conclusive in the
absence of fraud."
Sec. 2. G.S. 153A-343 reads as rewritten:
"§ 153A-343. Method of procedure.-The board of commissioners shall, in accordance with
the provisions of this Article, provide for the manner in which zoning
regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of zoning districts shall be
determined, established, and enforced, and from time to time amended,
supplemented, or changed. The procedures adopted pursuant to this section
shall provide that whenever there is a zoning classification action involving a
parcel of land, the owner of that parcel of land as shown on the county tax
listing, and the owners of all parcels of land abutting that parcel of land as
shown on the county tax listing, shall be mailed a notice of the proposed
classification by first class mail at the last addresses listed for such owners
on the county tax abstracts.; provided that this sentence does not
apply in the case of a total rezoning of all property within the boundaries of
a county. The person or persons mailing such notices shall certify to
the Board of Commissioners that fact, and such certificate shall be deemed
conclusive in the absence of fraud."
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13th day of August, 1987.