NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 317

HOUSE BILL 454

AN ACT AUTHORIZING ELIZABETH CITY IN PASQUOTANK COUNTY TO ZONE AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE COAST GUARD AIR BASE AT ELIZABETH CITY TO AFFORD SAFE FLYING OPERATIONS.

WHEREAS, Elizabeth City has agreement with the United States of America for the joint civil-military use of the Coast Guard Air Base, Elizabeth City, North Carolina; and

WHEREAS, Elizabeth City operates civil terminal area and facilities for aircraft serving Elizabeth City; and

WHEREAS, there is a need for local zoning to protect the airport from hazards which endanger the lives and property of users of the airport and of occupants of land in its vicinity;

Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Elizabeth City is hereby granted all the power and authority contained in Chapter 63 of the General Statutes of North Carolina for the purposes therein authorized. Airport zoning regulations promulgated by Elizabeth City shall be adopted, administered and enforced as provided in Chapter 63, and shall be applicable to so much of the area surrounding the Coast Guard Air Base as the governing body of Elizabeth City deems necessary to afford safe flying operations at the air facility.

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of April, 1969.