AN ACT authorizing MUNICIPALITIES TO APPLY demolition by neglect ordinances to contributing structures Located outside local historic districts.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 160A‑400.15.  Demolition by neglect to contributing structures outside local historic districts.
Notwithstanding G.S. 160A‑400.14 or any other provision of law, the governing board of any municipality may apply its demolition by neglect ordinances to contributing structures located outside the local historic district within an adjacent central business district. The governing board may modify and revise its demolition by neglect ordinances as necessary to implement this section and to further its intent. This section is applicable to any municipality with a population in excess of 100,000, provided such municipality (i) has designated portions of the central business district and its adjacent historic district as an Urban Progress Zone as defined in G.S. 143B‑437.09 and (ii) is recognized by the State Historic Preservation Office and the U.S. Department of the Interior as a Certified Local Government in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. § 470, et seq.), and the applicable federal regulations (36 C.F.R. Part 61), but is located in a county that has not received the same certification."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of June, 2011.

	s/	 Philip E. Berger
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved 12:45 p.m. this 27th day of June, 2011