GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2021
SESSION LAW 2021-86
HOUSE BILL 375
AN ACT removing the cap on satellite annexations for the towns of franklinville, liberty, and ramseur and REMOVING CERTAIN DESCRIBED PROPERTY FROM THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE City of Roxboro.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 160A‑58.1, as amended by S.L. 2021‑17 and S.L. 2021‑21, reads as rewritten:
"§ 160A‑58.1. Petition for annexation; standards.
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(b) A noncontiguous area proposed for annexation must meet all of the following standards:
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(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.
This subdivision does not apply to the Cities of Asheboro, Belmont, Claremont, Concord, Conover, Durham, Elizabeth City, Gastonia, Greenville, Hickory, Kannapolis, Locust, Marion, Mount Airy, Mount Holly, New Bern, Newton, Oxford, Randleman, Roanoke Rapids, Rockingham, Saluda, Sanford, Salisbury, Southport, Statesville, and Washington and the Towns of Ahoskie, Angier, Apex, Ayden, Belville, Benson, Bladenboro, Bridgeton, Bunn, Burgaw, Calabash, Carthage, Catawba, China Grove, Clayton, Columbia, Columbus, Cramerton, Creswell, Dallas, Dobson, Four Oaks, Franklin, Franklinton, Franklinville, Fuquay‑Varina, Garner, Godwin, Granite Quarry, Green Level, Grimesland, Harrisburg, Holly Ridge, Holly Springs, Hookerton, Hope Mills, Huntersville, Jamestown, Kenansville, Kenly, Knightdale, Landis, Leland, Liberty, Lillington, Louisburg, Maggie Valley, Maiden, Mayodan, Maysville, Middlesex, Midland, Mocksville, Morrisville, Mount Pleasant, Nashville, Oak Island, Ocean Isle Beach, Pembroke, Pine Level, Pollocksville, Princeton, Ramseur, Ranlo, Richlands, Rockwell, Rolesville, Rutherfordton, Shallotte, Siler City, Smithfield, Spencer, Spring Lake, Stem, Stovall, Surf City, Swansboro, Taylorsville, Troutman, Troy, Wallace, Warsaw, Watha, Waynesville, Weldon, Wendell, West Jefferson, Wilson's Mills, Windsor, Wingate, Yadkinville, Youngsville, and Zebulon.
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SECTION 2.(a) The following described property is removed from the corporate limits of the City of Roxboro:
BEGINNING at a point (NC Grid Coordinates NAD 83/86 as derived from data shown on Plat Cabinet 13, page 325, N. 941,245', E. 2,006,960') at the northeast corner of Ubaldo F. Reyes (see Plat Cabinet 17, page 102, Plat Cabinet 14, page 156 and Deed Book 953, page 91, Person County Registry) in the south right of way line of Land Grant Road, a private 60' road (see Plat Cabinet 14, page 156, Plat Cabinet 17, page 320 and Deed Book 1017, page 858, Person County Registry), and said point being in the existing City of Roxboro City Limits Line as defined in Deed Book 980, page 377, Tract 2, Person County Registry; thence with the existing City of Roxboro City Limits Line (hereby removed) and the north line of Reyes and the south right of way line of Land Grant Road along five (5) courses as follows: (1) S.76°39'50"W. 794.86' to a point, (2) a curve to the left having a radius of 470.00', an arc length of 181.97' (chord bearing and distance S.65°34'19"W. 180.84') to a point, (3) S.54°28'48"W. 111.54' to a point, (4) a curve to the right having a radius of 780.00, an arc length of 271.06' (chord bearing and distance S.64°26'08"W. 269.70') to a point and (5) S.74°23'28"W. 99.27' to a point in the east right of way line of Durham Road (US Highway 501); thence with the existing City of Roxboro City Limits Line (hereby removed) along and with the east right of way line of Durham Road N.18°13'22"W. 60.06' to a point at the southwest corner of Moore and Roberson, LLC (see Plat Cabinet 14, page 248 and Deed Book 1019, page 749 Person County Registry) in the north right of way line of Land Grant Road; thence with the existing City of Roxboro City Limits Line (hereby removed) along and with the south line of Moore and Roberson, LLC and the north right of way line of Land Grant Road along two (2) courses as follows: (1) N.74°23'28"E. 102.01' to a point and (2) a curve to the left having a radius of 720.00', an arc length of 170.65' (chord bearing and distance N.67°36'04"E. 170.25') to a point at the southeast corner of Moore and Roberson, LLC at the intersection of the north right of way line of Land Grant Road and the west right of way line of Market Court (see Plat Cabinet 16, page 363 Person County Registry); thence with the existing City of Roxboro City Limits Line (hereby removed) along and with the east line of Moore and Roberson, LLC and the west right of way line of Market Court along two (2) courses as follows: (1) N.21°11'30"W. 66.97' to a point and (2) a curve to the right having a radius of 325.00, an arc length of 145.70' (chord bearing and distance N.08°20'55"W. 144.48') to a point at the southeast corner of JWK Land LLC (see Plat Cabinet 16, page 363 and Deed Book 829, page 610 Person County Registry); thence with the existing City of Roxboro City Limits Line (hereby removed) along and with the east line of JWK Land Inc. and the west right of way line of Market Court along three (3) courses as follows: (1) a curve to the right having a radius of 325.00, an arc length of 151.48' (chord bearing and distance N.17°50'49"E. 150.11') to a point, (2) a curve to the left having a radius of 25.00, an arc length of 23.41' (chord bearing and distance N.04°22'41"E. 22.56') to a point and (3) a curve to the right having a radius of 60.00, an arc length of 107.47' (chord bearing and distance N.28°52'22"E. 93.67') to a point in the west line of Sue S. Wilkins Family Limited Partnership (see Deed Book 311, page 41 and Tract 2 Plat Cabinet 17, page 320 Person County Registry); thence leaving the existing City of Roxboro City Limits Line and proceeding with the New City of Roxboro City Limits Line along and with east right of way line of Market Court along four (4) courses as follows: (1) a curve to the right having a radius of 60.00', an arc length of 194.05' (chord bearing and distance S.07°09'37"E. 119.87') to a point, (2) a curve to the left having a radius of 25.00', an arc length of 23.75' (chord bearing and distance S.58°16'50"W. 22.86') to a point, (3) a curve to the left having a radius of 275.00', an arc length of 250.83' (chord bearing and distance S.04°56'19"W. 242.22') to a point and (4) S.21°11'30"E. 58.13' to a point in the north right of way line of Land Grant Road; thence continuing with the New City of Roxboro City Limits Line along and with the north right of way line of Land Grant Road along four (4) courses as follows: (1) a curve to the left having a radius of 720.00', an arc length of 28.78' (chord bearing and distance N.55°37'30"E. 28.77') to a point, (2) N.54°28'48"E. 111.54' to a point, (3) a curve to the right having a radius of 530.00', an arc length of 205.21' (chord bearing and distance N.65°34'19"E. 203.93') to a point, and (4) N.76°39'50"E. 199.36' to a point at a southwest corner of Roxboro Partners, LLC (see Deed Book 992, page 709, Deed Book 986, page 168 and Plat Cabinet 17, page 320 Tract 1, Person County Registry); thence continuing with the New City of Roxboro City Limits Line along and with the north right of way line of Land Grant Road N.76°39'50"E. 608.86' to a point at the northeast corner of Land Grant Road; thence continuing with the New City of Roxboro City Limits Line along and with the east right of way line of Land Grant Road S.00°47'02"E. 61.47' to a point at the southeast corner of Land Grant Road in the existing City of Roxboro City Limits Line as defined in Deed Book 980, page 377, Tract 2, Person County Registry, the point and place of BEGINNING, containing 2.6817 acres, and being a portion of an area previously annexed to the City of Roxboro as defined in Deed Book 980, page 377, Tract 2, Person County Registry.
SECTION 2.(b) This section has no effect upon the validity of any liens of the City of Roxboro for ad valorem taxes or special assessments outstanding before the effective date of this section. Such liens may be collected or foreclosed upon after the effective date of this section as though the property were still within the corporate limits of the City of Roxboro.
SECTION 2.(c) This section becomes effective June 30, 2021. Property in the territory described in this section as of January 1, 2021, is no longer subject to municipal taxes for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2021.
SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 14th day of July, 2021.
s/ Bill Rabon
Presiding Officer of the Senate
s/ Tim Moore
Speaker of the House of Representatives