NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 913

HOUSE BILL 1049

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 15 OF CHAPTER 160 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, RELATING TO REPAIR, CLOSING, AND DEMOLITION OF UNFIT DWELLINGS, TO MAKE IT APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 160-182 is hereby amended as follows: (a) by striking out of line 2 the words "municipalities of";

(b)  by inserting in line 6, in line 11, and in line 12, in each instance following the word "municipality", the words "or county";

(c)  by adding at the end thereof the following: "No ordinance enacted by the governing body of a county pursuant to this article shall be applicable within the corporate limits of any municipality unless the governing body of the municipality has by resolution expressly given its approval thereto. Any ordinance adopted by the governing body of a municipality pursuant to this article may be made applicable to the territory outside its corporate limits and within its zoning jurisdiction if the governing body of the county within which such territory lies has by resolution expressly given its approval thereof. The governing body of any municipality or of any county which shall have by resolution pursuant to this section given its approval to application of an ordinance may by subsequent resolution withdraw its approval, such withdrawal to be effective one year following the adoption of the resolution."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 160-183 is hereby amended by inserting in subsection (2), immediately after the word "municipality", the words "or county"; and by adding at the end of subsection (3) the words ", or any county."

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall be effective upon and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of June, 1969.