GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 181
AN ACT TO TEMPORARILY EXEMPT THE TOWN OF WEAVERVILLE FROM LIMITS ON THE SIZE OF A SATELLITE ANNEXATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 160A-58.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) A noncontiguous area proposed for annexation must meet all of the following standards:
(1) The nearest point on the proposed satellite corporate limits must be not more than three miles from the primary corporate limits of the annexing city.
(2) No point on the proposed satellite corporate limits may be closer to the primary corporate limits of another city than to the primary corporate limits of the annexing city.
(3) The area must be so situated that the annexing city will be able to provide the same services within the proposed satellite corporate limits that it provides within its primary corporate limits.
(4) If the area proposed for annexation, or any portion thereof, is a subdivision as defined in G.S. 160A-376, all of the subdivision must be included.
(5) The area
within the proposed satellite corporate limits, when added to the area within
all other satellite corporate limits, may not exceed ten percent (10%) of the
area within the primary corporate limits of the annexing city."
Sec. 2. This act applies to the Town of Weaverville only, and only applies with respect to annexation ordinances adopted on or before June 30, 1990.
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 1st day of June, 1989.