AN ACT authorizing the city of salisbury to regulate the demolition of structures within the city's historic districts.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 160A‑400.14, the City of Salisbury may adopt an ordinance providing that no structure within the City's Downtown Local Historic District ('H' Historic District Overlay, as adopted by the City Council on October 2, 2001) may be demolished without a permit issued by the City Council.  The City Council shall consider the following in deciding whether to issue a permit: (i) the location of the structure within the historic district; (ii) the state of repair of the structure; (iii) the architectural and historical significance of the structure; (iv) the overall impact of the demolition of the structure on the historic district; and (vi) the issuance of a certificate of appropriateness for the demolition by the City's Historic Preservation Committee.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of June, 2007.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives