GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 585

Short Title:  Durham Assessments.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Senators Royall and Hunt.
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Referred to:  Local Government and Regional Affairs.
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April 11, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DURHAM TO CHANGE THE MANNER IN WHICH CORNER LOT RELIEF FROM SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS IS CALCULATED.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Charter of the City of Durham, being Chapter 671 of the 1975 Session Laws, as amended, is further amended by deleting from the second sentence of sub-subsection 77(14)(c) the following:
"where there is a water main or sewer already laid on the intersecting street on which the lot abuts and by which the lot is or can be served, no assessment shall be made against the lot for the second water main or sewer for any part of the frontage of"
and by substituting the following:
"no assessment shall be made against the long side of the lot abutting on the intersecting streets for any part of the frontage of such longer side of".
Sec. 2.  The Charter of the City of Durham, being Chapter 671 of the 1975 Session Laws, as amended, is further amended by deleting from the second sentence of sub-subsection 77(14)(c) the following:
"where there is a water main or sewer already laid on the intersecting street on which the lot abuts and by which the lot is or can be served, no assessment shall be made against the lot for the second water main or sewer for any part of the frontage of"
and by substituting the following:
"no assessment shall be made against the long side of the lot abutting on the intersecting streets for any part of the frontage of such longer side of".
Sec. 3.  This act does not apply to any corner lot (i) for which an assessment has previously been confirmed against the full length of the longer side of the lot abutting on the intersecting streets for any water mains, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, pumping station, force main or sanitary sewer outfall; or (ii) where the sides of the lot abutting on the intersecting streets are identical in length.  As to the exceptions stated in this section, sub-subsection 77(14)(c) of the Charter of the City of Durham shall continue in full force and effect as it existed immediately prior to the effective date of this act.
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.