A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to restrict INVOLUNTARY annexation to commercial, INDUSTRIAL, governmental, or institutional property only and require a petition of the majority of the owners of the property.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 160A‑36(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	The area to be annexed must be developed for urban purposes at the time of approval of the report provided for in G.S. 160A‑35. For purposes of this section, a lot or tract shall not be considered in use for a commercial, industrial, institutional, or governmental purpose if the lot or tract is used only temporarily, occasionally, or on an incidental or insubstantial basis in relation to the size and character of the lot or tract. For purposes of this section, acreage in use for commercial, industrial, institutional, or governmental purposes shall include acreage actually occupied by buildings or other man‑made structures together with all areas that are reasonably necessary and appurtenant to such facilities for purposes of parking, storage, ingress and egress, utilities, buffering, and other ancillary services and facilities.  An area developed for urban purposes is defined as:
	(2)	An area so developed that, at the time of the approval of the annexation report, all tracts in the area to be annexed are used for commercial, industrial, governmental, or institutional purposes.
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SECTION 2.  G.S. 160A‑37 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(d1)	Consent required. – No annexation ordinance may be adopted under this Part unless the owners of a majority of the tracts proposed for annexation have consented in writing to the annexation."
SECTION 3.  G.S. 160A‑48(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	All of the area to be annexed must be developed for urban purposes at the time of approval of the report provided for in G.S. 160A‑47. An area developed for urban purposes is defined as any area which meets the following standards:
						
(5)	Is so developed that, at the time of the approval of the annexation report, all tracts in the area to be annexed are used for commercial, industrial, governmental, or institutional purposes."
SECTION 4.  G.S. 160A‑48 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(d1)	Consent required. – No annexation ordinance may be adopted under this Part unless the owners of a majority of the tracts proposed for annexation have consented in writing to the annexation."
SECTION 5.  This act is effective with respect to annexation ordinances adopted on or after the date this act becomes law.