GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 289
HOUSE BILL 782

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE TOWN OF MOORESVILLE TO EXERCISE EXTRATERRITORIAL LAND-USE REGULATION WITHIN ONE MILE OF ITS SATELLITE CORPORATE LIMITS AND TO ALLOW THE CITIES OF STANLEY AND MOUNT HOLLY TO EXERCISE THEIR EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION NOT MORE THAN TWO MILES BEYOND THEIR CORPORATE LIMITS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 160A-58.4 reads as rewritten:
"§ 160A-58.4. Extraterritorial powers.
Satellite corporate limits shall be considered a part of the city's corporate limits for the purposes of extraterritorial land-use regulation pursuant to G.S. 160A-360, but not for purposes of abatement of public health nuisances pursuant to G.S. 160A-193. However, a city's power to regulate land use pursuant to Chapter 160A, Article 19, or to abate public health nuisances pursuant to G.S. 160A-193, shall be the same within satellite corporate limits as within its primary corporate limits."
Sec. 2.  Notwithstanding G.S. 160A-360, no approval from or agreement with Iredell County shall be required prior to the exercise of authority under G.S. 160A-360 by the Town of Mooresville in an area not to exceed one mile from the Town's satellite corporate limits.
Sec. 3.  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 160A-360, the City of Mount Holly and Town of Stanley may exercise the extraterritorial jurisdiction powers granted by Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes over an area extending not more than two miles beyond their respective corporate limits.
Sec. 4.  Sections 1 and 2 of this act apply only to the Town of Mooresville.  Section 3 of this act applies only to the City of Mount Holly and Town of Stanley.
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13th day of June, 1991.
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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives