AN ACT authorizing the city of greenville to convey by private negotiation and sale certain real property owned by the city that does not meet the minimum lot size requirements prescribed by the city's zoning ordinance.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 12 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, the City of Greenville may convey by private negotiation and sale, with monetary consideration, under the terms and conditions it deems proper, any or all of its right, title, and interest in real property owned by the City and located within an area with a single‑family residential zoning district classification if the real property consists of a vacant parcel or parcels which, in the aggregate, do not meet the minimum lot size requirement for a lot as required by the City's zoning ordinance. The sale may only be to a person who owns property adjacent to the real property being sold by the City. The City may attach to the conveyance of title such covenants or conditions necessary to assure that the property is used and maintained in a manner deemed appropriate by the City.
SECTION 1.(b)  Any sale pursuant to the authority granted in this act must be approved by the City Council, by resolution, upon 10 days' public notice. Notice shall be given by describing the property to be sold, stating the proposed monetary consideration, and stating the City Council's intent to approve the sale and subsequent conveyance.
SECTION 1.(c)  For purposes of this act, a single‑family residential zoning district means a zoning district established by the City's zoning ordinance which allows a single‑family dwelling as a permitted use.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of June, 2014.

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

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives