NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 369

HOUSE BILL 521

AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 160-241 TO PERMIT THE TOWN OF EDENTON TO GRANT EXEMPTION OF A MAXIMUM OF SEVENTY-FIVE FEET ON THE SHORT SIDE OF CORNER LOTS FROM ASSESSMENTS FOR WATER AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS WHEN BOTH SIDES OF CORNER LOTS ARE AFFECTED.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The provisions of G. S. 160-241, requiring assessment according to the extent of frontage of parcels of lands abutting upon lateral mains of sewerage and waterworks systems, is hereby modified as the same relates to the Town of Edenton, Chowan County, by adding at the end of the said G. S. 160-241 the following proviso:

"Provided, that in the Town of Edenton, when such sewerage and water lines are constructed along both sides of corner lots, the town council shall eliminate the short side of said corner lots, but not in excess of seventy-five (75) feet, from consideration in determining the amount of assessment to be levied."

Sec. 2. The provisions of this Act shall apply only to the Town of Edenton, Chowan County.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. 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 5th day of May, 1961.