GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 927
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/4/89
Local Government & Regional Affairs Senate Committee Substitute Adopted 6/13/89

Short Title:  Long/Holden Beach Height Limit.	(Local)
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March 27, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO LIMIT THE HEIGHT OF STRUCTURES IN THE TOWN OF LONG BEACH, AND TO MODIFY A SIMILAR EXISTING ACT FOR THE TOWN OF HOLDEN BEACH.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 1019, Session Laws of 1987, reads as rewritten:
	"Section 1.  Except as provided in Section 2 of this act or an ordinance adopted by the town council and approved in a referendum as provided by Section 2.1 of this act, no building erected within the corporate limits of any town, as defined in G.S. 160A-1, after the effective date of this act may have a height in excess of 35 feet above ground level."
Sec. 2.  Chapter 1019 of the 1987 Session Laws is amended by adding a new section to read:
"Sec. 2.1.  (a)	The height limitation contained in Section 1 of this act may be increased within any town with the approval by the qualified voters of that town in a referendum of an ordinance to increase the limit.  The referendum may be called only by the governing body of the town.
(b)	A proposition to approve an ordinance under this section shall be printed on the ballot in substantially the following form:
‘Shall the ordinance (describe the effect of the ordinance) be approved?
[ ] YES
[ ] NO'."
Sec. 3.  Section 3 of Chapter 1019 of the 1987 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.  This act applies to the Towns of Holden Beach and Long Beach only."
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.