GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 2009

Short Title:  Asheboro Zoning Notices.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Representatives Brubaker; and Culp.
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Referred to:  Local and Regional Government I.
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June 6, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO EXEMPT THE CITY OF ASHEBORO FROM CERTAIN ZONING NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S.  160A-384(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	The first class mail notice required under subsection (a) of this section shall not be required in the following situations:
(1)	The total rezoning, including adoption of a new zoning map at a different scale, of all property within the corporate boundaries of a municipality unless rezoning involves zoning of parcels of land to less intense or more restrictive uses.  If rezoning involves zoning of parcels of land to less intense or more restrictive uses, notification to owners of these parcels shall be made by mail in accordance with subsection (a) of this section;
	(3)	The zoning reclassification action directly affects more than 50 properties, owned by a total of at least 50 different property owners;
(4)	The reclassification is an amendment to the zoning text; or
(5)	The city is adopting a water supply watershed protection program as required by G.S. 143-214.5.
In any case where this subsection eliminates the notice required by subsection (a) of this section, a city shall publish once a week for four successive calendar weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the area maps showing the boundaries of the area affected by the proposed ordinance or amendment.  The map shall not be less than one-half of a newspaper page in size.  The notice shall only be effective for property owners who reside in the area of general circulation of the newspaper which publishes the notice.  Property owners who reside outside of the city's jurisdiction or outside of the newspaper circulation area, according to the address listed on the most recent property tax listing for the affected property, shall be notified by mail pursuant to this section.  The person or persons mailing the notices shall certify to the city council that fact, and the certificates shall be deemed conclusive in the absence of fraud. In addition to the published notice, a city shall post one or more prominent signs immediately adjacent to the subject area reasonably calculated to give public notice of the proposed rezoning."
Sec. 2.  This act applies to the City of Asheboro only.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.