GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 468
HOUSE BILL 800

AN ACT TO REVISE THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF NORWOOD.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 2 of Chapter 212 of the 1905 Private Laws is rewritten to read:
"Sec. 2.  Until modified in accordance with the law, the boundaries of the Town of Norwood are as follows:
BEGINNING AT A POINT at the southeast corner of Fork Road (SR 1766) and Acorn Acres Road (SR 1791); thence, northeasterly, 900 feet, along the south right-of-way line of Acorn Acres Road; thence, northerly, 2880 feet along the east right-of-way line of Oak Avenue (SR1792) to the southeast corner of Parcel 0815 (Map 6563.08); thence, northeasterly, 925 feet, along property lines of Parcels 0815 and 0282 (Map 6563.08) to the northeast corner of Parcel 0282; thence, northwesterly, 796 feet, along the property line of Parcel 0282 to intersection with Allenton Street (SR 1760); thence, north and northeasterly, 500 feet, along the east right-of-way line of Allenton Street; thence northwesterly, 428 feet, along the northeast property lines of Parcels 9916 and 7107 (Map 6564.20) to a corner; thence north and northeasterly, 1235 feet, along the east property line of Parcel 1940 (Map 6564.20) to a corner; thence, northwesterly, 2880 feet, along the northern property line of Parcel 1940 to intersection with Vincent Road (SR 1796); thence, northeasterly, 60 feet, along the eastern right-of-way line of Vincent Road; thence northwesterly, 2550 feet, meandering along the southern property line of Parcel 8984 (Maps 6564.19 and 6564.15) to Pee Dee Avenue (SR1740);
Thence, northerly, 840 feet, along the east right-of-way line of Pee Dee Avenue to the southeast corner of intersection with SR 1794; thence, northwesterly, 1020 feet, along the northern property lines of Parcels 8847, 5951, and 2806 (Map 6564.14) to the northeast corner of lot 2806; thence, southwesterly, 630 feet, along the western property line of Parcel 2806 to intersection with the north right-of-way line of Wilson Street (SR 1753); thence, southwesterly, 40 feet to a corner of Parcel 8556 (Map 6564.18); thence southwesterly, 250 feet, along property lines of Parcels 8556 and 7492 (Map 6564.18) to the southern corner of Parcel 7492; thence, northwesterly 625 feet, along the southern property lines of Parcel 7492 and Parcels 6469 and 7769 (Map 6564.14) to the center line of flow of Davids Creek; thence, southerly along Davids Creek, 2200 feet, to the north line of Parcel 4680 (Map 6564.17); thence, 140 feet, northwesterly and southwesterly along the property line of Parcel 4680 to intersection with North Main Street (US 52);
Thence, northwesterly, 495 feet, along the north right-of-way line of North Main Street to the southeastern corner of Parcel 9092 (Map 6564.17); thence, northeasterly, 140 feet, to the northeastern corner of Parcel 9092; thence, meandering northwesterly, 632 feet, along the property lines of Parcels 9092, 9112, 8216, 7381, and 7401 (Map 6564.17) to Mary Branch Road (SR 1752); thence, southwesterly, 150 feet, along the eastern right-of-way of Mary Branch Road; thence, northwesterly, 1813 feet, along the northern right-of-way of Lawnwood Drive (SR 1751) to intersection with North Main Street (US 52); thence, southeasterly, 865 feet, across North Main Street and along the western right-of-way line of Northwood Drive to a point a point on a curve of the southern right-of-way line of Lawnwood Drive; thence, southwesterly, 533 feet, to intersection with center line of flow of Davids Creek; thence, southeasterly, 1084 feet, along the center line of Davids Creek to intersection with SR 1923 and the east corner of Parcel 4815 (Map 6564.17); thence, southerly, 48 feet, across SR 1923 to intersection with south right-of-way of SR 1923 and corner of parcels 1652 and 7629 (Map 6564.17); thence, southwesterly, 210 feet, along property line of Parcel 7629 to a corner; thence, southerly, 50 feet, to the center line of the Norfolk & Southern Railway;
Thence, southeasterly, 2200 feet, along the Railway center line to intersection with northwest property line of Parcel 6678 (Map 6563.06); thence, southwesterly, 743 feet, across the southwestern portion of Railway right-of-way and along the northwestern property line of Parcel 6678 to Kendall Street (SR 1927); thence, southwesterly, 380 feet, across Kendall Street and following the western right-of-way line of Willoughly Drive (SR 1986), to intersection of western property line of Parcel 6432 (Map 6563.05); thence, meandering southerly, 495 feet, along western and southern property lines of Parcel 6432 and southern property line of Parcel 7346 (Map 6564.05) to Valley Street; thence, 200 feet, easterly, across Valley Street and along the south property line of Parcels 8268 and 9214 (Map 6563.05) to a corner; thence, southerly and easterly, 300 feet, along property lines of Parcel 9193 (Map 6563.05) and extended to the east right-of-way line of Lee Road; thence, southerly, 100 feet, along Lee Road to corner of Parcel 1042 (Map 6563.05); thence, southeasterly, 470 feet, along southern property lines of Parcels 1042, 2954, 3992, and part of 8705 (Map 6563.05), to corner with Parcel 3680 (Map 6563.05); thence, meandering southerly and easterly, 660 feet, along property lines of Parcel 3680 and Parcels 2493 and 3320 (Map 6563.09) to Pine Street;
Thence, southeasterly, 410 feet, across Pine Street, along the western property lines of Parcels 3185 and 4005 (Map 6563.09), and across Whitley Street (SR 1933) to a point in the southern right-of-way of Whitley Street; thence, northeasterly, 205 feet, along Whitley Street right-of-way to the western corner of Parcel 7835 (Map 6563.10); thence, southeasterly, 205 feet, to a corner with Parcel 8725 (Map 6563.10); thence, southwesterly, 200 feet, to a point in the property line of Parcel 0148 (Map 6563.10); thence, easterly, 422 feet, along south property line of Parcel 7598 (Map 6563.10), across Rock Haven Road and along the southern property line of Parcel 0504 (Map 6563.10) to a corner; thence, meandering northeasterly, 626 feet, along property line of Parcel 0148 to a corner with Parcels 1097 and 3042 (Map 6563.10); thence, 1163 feet, southeasterly, along the eastern property line of Parcel 0148 to corner; thence, easterly, 320 feet, along the southern property line of Parcel 4464 (Map 6563.10) to a corner; thence, southerly, 330 feet, to the south corner of Parcel 7010 (Map 6563.10); thence, easterly, 50 feet, across Hilltop Street to a corner of Parcel 8537 (Map 6563.10); thence, northeasterly, 174 feet, along Parcel 8537 to a corner and intersection with Shady Lane; thence, southeasterly, 1071 feet, along the western right-of-way line of Shady Lane to a point in the property line of Parcel 4777 (Map 6563.14); thence, meandering northeasterly, 510 feet, across Shady Lane, along the southern property line of Parcel 6936 (Map 6563.14) and Parcel 7078 (Map 6563.10), and across Kendall Street; thence, southeasterly, 101 feet, along the eastern right-of-way line of Kendall Street to a corner;
Thence, northeasterly, 200 feet, along the property line of Parcel 0145 (Map 6563.11) to a corner; thence, southeasterly, 1332 feet, along the southwestern property line of Parcel 2763 (Map 6563.15) to a corner; thence, easterly, 2132 feet, along the southern property line of Parcel 2763 to US 52; thence, southerly, 1200 feet, along the western right-of-way line of US 52 to a corner with Parcel 7759 (Maps 6563.15 and 6563.16); thence, easterly, 1175 feet, across Highway 52 and following the southern property line of Parcel 2923 (Map 6563.16) to a corner with Lanier Road (SR 1765); thence, northerly, 392 feet, along the western right-of-way line of Lanier Road; thence, northwesterly 615 feet, along the property line of Parcel 2923 to a corner; thence, northeasterly, 580 feet, along the property line of Parcel 2923 and crossing Lanier Road to a corner with Parcel 2923 and Norfolk & Southern Railway;
Thence, easterly, 175 feet, across the Railway right-of-way to a point in the western right-of-way of Fork Road (SR 1766), which is the south corner of Parcel 9600 (Map 6563.16); thence, northeasterly, 60 feet, across Fork Road to a point which is the northeast intersection of the Railway and Fork Road rights-of-way; thence, northwesterly, 1265 feet, along the eastern right-of-way line of Fork Road to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
Together with the following described tracts:
Tract 1.
Beginning at a point in the Northern edge of Rocky River, where Haw Branch enters said river, said point being between the second and third pier under the bridge (Highway # 52) and runs with said branch as follows: S. 89 E 130 ft,; thence S. 55 E. 78 ft,; thence N. 82.5 E. 88 ft.; thence S. 75 E. 143 ft.; thence S. 55 E. 180 ft.; thence S. 36 E 50 ft.; thence N. 33.5 E. 230 ft.; thence N. 2 E. 152 ft.; thence N. 35.5 W. 56 ft.; thence S. 41.5 W. 84 ft.; thence N. 85 W. 63 ft.; thence N. 8.5 E. 108 ft.; thence N. 58.75 E. 113 ft.; thence N. 14.5 E. 91 ft.; thence N. 38.5 W. 26 ft.; thence N. 23.75 E 189 ft.; thence N. 33.75 E. 140 ft.; thence N. 52.25 E. 163 ft.; thence N. 26.5 E. 89 ft.; thence N. 11.5 E. 300 ft. to Jessie Lanier line; thence with said line S. 84 W. 615 ft. to the center of Highway # 52; thence with center of said Highway S. 18.5 W. 155 feet to the point of beginning, containing fifteen (15) acres, more or less, being the Town Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Tract 2.
BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the easterly or southerly right of way line of S. R. No. 1760 (Allenton Street) with the southerly or westerly right of way line of S. R. No. 1761, and thence from said beginning point as follows:  (1) thirteen courses and distances with the said southerly or westerly right of way line of S. R. No. 1761, each to a point in said line, as hereinafter described:  (a) S. 53-26 E. 215.88 feet; and (b) thence S. 56-07 E. 172.42 feet; (c) thence three chords as follows: (i) S. 37-55-30 E. 51.09 feet; (ii) S. 09-31-30 W. 49.82 feet; and (iii) S. 46-26-30 W. 49.54 feet; (d) thence S. 53-17-30 W. 399.45 feet; (e) thence six chords as follows: (i) S. 39-53-30 W. 50.16 feet; (ii) S. 29-42 W. 50.11 feet; (iii) S. 12-33 W. 50-35 feet; (iv) S. 06-03 E. 49.39 feet; (v) S. 25-55 E. 50.02 feet; and (vi) S. 46-33 E. 50.22 feet; (2) Thence leaving the southerly right of way line of the said S. R. No. 1761, with the southerly or westerly right of way line of a proposed sixty foot road, five courses and distances as follows:  (a) N. 81-35-55 W. 118.45 feet a new line to a point; (b) thence N. 65-06-32 W. 81.69 feet another new line to a point; (c) thence N. 57-36-07 W. 84.75 feet another new line to a point in the easterly property line of Mid-Carolina Furniture Industries of High Point, Inc. (hereinafter "Mid-Carolina") as described in deed recorded in Deed Book 337, page 839, Stanly County Registry; (d) thence with Mid-Carolina's easterly property line aforesaid N. 34-57-12 W. 106.95 feet to a point, said point being the northeasterly property corner of Mid-Carolina aforesaid, and said point, also, being Mid-Carolina's southeast property corner as described in deed recorded in Deed Book 337, page 847, Stanly County Registry; and (e) thence with the easterly property line of Mid-Carolina as described in deed recorded in Deed Book 337, page 847, Stanly County Registry N. 34-20-11 W. 183.78 feet to a point in the southerly or easterly right of way line of S. R. No. 1760 (Allenton Street), Mid-Carolina's northeast property corner as described in deed recorded in Deed Book 337, page 847, Stanly County Registry; and (3) thence with the southerly or easterly right of way line of S.R. No. 1760 (Allenton Street) two courses and distances as follows: (a) a chord N. 52-33-30 E. 100.21 feet (the initial sixty feet of which is with the northerly terminus of the proposed road aforesaid) to a point; and (b) thence N. 39-23-30 E. 581.56 feet to the point of beginning, and containing 7.13 acres of land, being the Town Water Treatment Plant.
Tract 3.
Lying and being on the North side of Secondary Road Number 1922 about 2.5 miles west of the Town of Norwood, and across Secondary Road Number 1922 from the South Stanly High School in West Center Township, Stanly County, North Carolina, and particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a new spike in the center line of S.R. #1922 which has a right-of-way of 60 feet (said new spike is located North 22-39-35 East 31.5 feet from an existing concrete monument in the South right-of-way line of S.R. #1922, which concrete monument has N.C. Grid Coordinates of N. 541,656.73 and E. 1,652,175.48) and runs thence with the center line of S.R. #1922, South 80-27-47 East 232.69 feet to an existing iron pipe in the center line of said road;
thence with the center line of S.R. #1922, eight calls and distances as follows:
(1)	South 79-31-21 East 170.00 feet to an existing iron pipe;
(2)	South 79-41-58 East 184.21 feet to a new spike;
(3)	South 79-44-42 East 852.52 feet to a new spike;
(4)	South 80-14-42 East 304-28 feet to a new spike;
(5)	South 79-18-22 East 112.50 feet to a new spike;
(6)	South 76-56-37 East 118.72 feet to a new spike;
(7)	South 72-50-07 East 99.67 feet to a new spike; and
(8)	South 69-25-24 East 99.30 feet to an existing spike in the center of S. R. #1922 over a drain pipe;
thence leaving S. R. #1922 and running North 17-01-17 East 22.49 feet to an existing iron pipe over a drain pipe in the branch;
thence North 02-00-59 East, crossing the North right-of-way line of S. R. #1922, 24.12 feet to a point in the Southwest right-of-way line of Norfolk Southern Railroad;
thence with the right-of-way line of Norfolk Southern Railroad, measured 50 feet from the existing center line of the railroad tracks, twelve calls and distances as follows:
(1)	North 35-32-52 West 536.78 feet to a point;
(2)	North 36-19-15 West 98.04 feet to a point;
(3)	North 39-15-13 West 96.69 feet to a point;
(4)	North 43-55-36 West 95.81 feet to a point;
(5)	North 48-54-00 West 95.67 feet to a point;
(6)	North 53-53-35 West 95.67 feet to a point;
(7)	North 58-52-12 West 95.61 feet to a point;
(8)	North 64-00-01 West 95.55 feet to a point;
(9)	North 69-07-00 West 95.64 feet to a point;
(10)	North 74-03-47 West 96.47 feet to a point;
(11)	North 77-16-30 West 97.98 feet to a point;
(12)	North 78-43-56 West 53.31 feet to a point;
thence continuing with the South right-of-way line of Norfolk Southern Railroad, North 79-09-45 West 695.43 feet to a point in the South right-of-way line of the railroad right-of-way (said point is located South 23-31-32 West 17.99 feet from an existing steel shaft in the right-of-way of the railroad); thence with the W. E. Smith line South 23-31-32 West 574.65 feet to an existing bolt; thence continuing with the W.E. Smith line South 22-39-35 West 210.79 feet to a new iron spike in the center line of S. R. #1922, the point of beginning, and containing 29.14 acres less 1.49 acres which lies within the right-of-way of S. R. #1922, leaving a net acreage outside said right-of-way of 27.65 acres as surveyed by Dent Hall Turner, Registered Land Surveyor Number 1397 and designated as "Town of Norwood Annexation, Wheaton Industries, Inc.", as shown on a revised map dated February 1, 1983, prepared by Dent Hall Turner, Registered Land Surveyor.
The above-described parcel of land is a part of that 98.92 acre tract described in a Deed from R. L. Brown, Jr., Commissioner, to James I. Bowers and wife, Kathleen P. Bowers, dated April 12, 1979 and recorded in Deed Book 312 at page 893, Stanly County Registry.
To the extent these boundaries reference tax lots and blocks as set forth on Stanly County tax maps, the reference refers to corners and boundaries of the properties as more particularly described on the recorded instruments from which the tax lots or blocks were created, and these recorded instruments are incorporated herein by reference for purposes of this boundary description.
An accurate description or map of the boundaries of the Town of Norwood shall be maintained as provided in G.S. 160A-22."
Sec. 2.  Any Town taxes previously levied against property that is removed from the Town of Norwood corporate limits by virtue of Section 1 of this act are hereby declared null and void.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective June 30, 1991.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 1st day of July, 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