S.L. 1969-512

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 512

HOUSE BILL 712

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF HAVELOCK TO EXCLUDE FROM WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS A PORTION THEREOF USED PRIMARILY FOR AGRICULTURE PURPOSES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Chapter 760 of the 1963 Session Laws, which amends Section 2 of Chapter 952 of the 1959 Session Laws, is hereby amended by striking out all of Section 1 and substituting therefor the following:

Sec. 1. The corporate limits of the Town of Havelock shall be as follows:

BEGINNING at a point which is the intersection of the center line of U. S. Highway No. 70 and the mean low-water line of the southeast shore line of the West Prong of Slocum Creek and running thence in a westerly and southwesterly direction along the said low-water line for a distance of approximately 2473 feet to the East right of way line of the Atlantic and East Carolina Railroad main line; thence along the said right of way line in two courses South 22 deg. 00 min. East and South 32 deg. 00 min. East, for a distance of approximately 4938.3 feet to the southwest corner of a tract of land conveyed by Gretchen S. Bryan, et al, to Miller W. Harrell, which said tract was surveyed and platted by Albert R. Bell, C. E., January 27, 1965; thence along the Agreed Line between the aforementioned Miller Harrell Tract and the lands of Ozell Bell as shown on the aforementioned plat, South 83 deg. 47 min. East 3551.44 feet to the run of the East Prong of Slocum Creek; thence up the run of the East Prong of Slocum Creek in a southwardly and southwesterly direction approximately 4150 feet to an old iron corner, the southwest line of the C. S. Bryan land, this said point standing the following courses and distances from that point of intersection of the eastern right of way line of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad with the southeast bank of the East Prong of Slocum Creek; North 88 deg. 50 min. East 179 feet, North 20 deg. 00 min. East 213 feet, North 7 deg. 30 min. East 122 feet, North 60 deg. 00 min. East 172 feet and North 18 deg. 15 min. East 131 feet (for a total of 817 feet); thence along the southwest line of the C. S. Bryan land South 28 deg. 45 min. East 3061.47 feet to an iron pipe in the U. S. Forestry line; thence along the established boundaries of the Havelock Sanitary District, as set forth in the petition for establishment of said Sanitary District, to wit: Thence following said line (U.S. Forestry line) South 87 deg. East 2200 feet, more or less to a concrete monument marked corner 322 on the West side of Old Highway No. 70, (Old N. C. Highway 10); thence crossing Highway No. 70, North 64 1/2 deg. East 550 feet; thence parallel to Highway No. 70 and 400 feet from its eastern boundary North 18 deg. West 2300 feet, more or less, to the southern boundary of Johnson's Trailer Park; thence following the boundaries of said trailer park in two courses North 72 deg. East 340 feet and North 18 deg. West 740 feet, more or less, to the line of the Godwin Subdivision; thence following the lines of the Godwin Subdivision North 79 deg. East 660 feet, North 15 deg. West 256 feet; North 60 1/2 deg. West 719 feet; North 4 deg. East 194 feet; North 19 1/2 deg. West 224 feet; North 6 deg. West 240 feet; North 39 1/2 deg. East 539.5 feet; and North 39 1/2 deg. West 585 feet to Capp's Branch; thence following Capp's Branch about 300 feet to the corner of the Wynn(e) Subdivision; thence following the lines of the Wynn(e) subdivision North 48 1/2 deg. West 365 feet to the northern boundary of Wynn(e) Road; thence along said northern boundary North 84 1/2 deg. West 860 feet, more or less, to the eastern right of way of U. S. Highway No. 70, North 20 deg. 10 min. West 342.7 feet and North 17 deg. 41 min. West 1,085.31 feet to the southeastern right of way of Roosevelt Boulevard; thence northeastwardly along the said Roosevelt Boulevard right of way line North (twenty-eight) 28 deg. 24 min. East 290.02 feet to an iron pipe southwest of Hatteras Avenue; thence South 61 deg. 41 min. East 198.03 feet to the point of curveture (P.C.) of a curve, an arrow cut in the south edge of a concrete walk, southeast of Hatteras Avenue; thence with the curve along the edge of said concrete walk 342.76 feet to a point, an arrow cut in the south edge of said walk by a line South 70 deg. 30 min. East 339.20 feet; thence from said point North 6 deg. 02 min. 30 sec. East 255.00 feet with the southeast edge of a four foot concrete walk to an arrow cut in said walk; thence North 83 deg. 31 min. West 43.88 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 61 deg. 36 min. West 396.00 feet to an unmarked point; thence North 28 deg. 24 min. West 100.01 feet to a point; thence North 28 deg. 29 min. East 439.94 feet, and North 26 deg. 02 min. East 446.0 feet to the projection of the northern boundary of the Commercial Center; thence across Roosevelt Boulevard North 89 deg. 00 min. West 109.68 feet to the northeast corner of the said Commercial Center; thence along the lines of the Commercial Center 89 deg. West 300 feet, South 24 deg. 54 min. West 490.61 feet to the northern right of way of connecting road also called Jaycee Street; thence westerly along the said northern right of way approximately 400 feet to the eastern right of way of U.S. Highway No. 70; thence again along the boundaries of the aforementioned Havelock Sanitary District, to wit: "thence following the eastern boundary of Highway No. 70 in its old location to the rear corner of the property of the Ashford Oil Company, thence following the lines of the Ashford Oil Company due East 240 feet; and due North 390 feet, more or less, the northern boundary of North Carolina Highway 101;" thence westerly along the northern right of way of North Carolina Highway No. 101 approximately 915 feet to the mean low water line of the west shore of the East Prong of Slocum Creek; thence northerly along the said low-water line approximately 8500 feet to the junction with the West Prong of Slocum Creek and the mean low-water line of the East shore of the said West Prong; thence southwesterly along the mean low-water line of the East shore of the said West Prong approximately 5400 feet to the point of beginning. EXCEPTING AND EXCLUDING therefrom 11.8 acres in the northernmost corner of the area and between the East Prong and the West Prong of Slocum Creek, said area having been conveyed by Slocum Village Corporation to the Board of Education of Craven County, North Carolina, by deed dated October 13, 1953, recorded January 21, 1954, in the office of the Register of Deeds of Craven County, North Carolina, in Book 498 at Page 284. ALSO EXCEPTING AND EXCLUDING THEREFROM the right of way of the Atlantic and East Carolina Railroad spur line which crosses the area from West to East. ALSO EXCEPTING AND EXCLUDING therefrom that area of federally controlled tract of land known as Slocum Village Housing Project, formerly owned by the PBC Housing Corporation, and other government controlled lands within the corporation limits of the town.

With the exception of the area known as PINE ACRES SUBDIVISION, all of the foregoing proposed boundaries for the incorporated Town of Havelock coincide with or include the established boundaries of the aforementioned Havelock Sanitary District but are not limited to the said established boundaries.

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

Sec. 3. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of May, 1969.