GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 456
HOUSE BILL 927

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.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of June, 1989.