NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 772

HOUSE BILL 1303

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE CITY OF LEXINGTON TO RELEASE ANY INTEREST IT AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY MAY HAVE IN CERTAIN AIR RIGHTS ABOVE A CITY STREET FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERMITTING THE DIXIE FURNITURE COMPANY, INCORPORATED, TO BUILD A TRAMWAY ACROSS AND ABOVE A PART OF RAILROAD STREET FOR PRIVATE PURPOSES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. That the governing body of the City of Lexington is hereby authorized and empowered by resolution, ordinance, or other proceedings deemed advisable and/or by the execution of such papers as may be necessary to release the interest of the city of Lexington and the public generally in certain air rights not less than 18 feet above the street level of that portion of Railroad Street lying approximately 100 feet to 200 feet northeast of the intersection of East Fourth Avenue and lying and being between East Fourth Avenue and a point on the northwest side of Railroad Street opposite East Third Avenue immediately leading to the Railroad underpass, said portion of the said Railroad Street being bounded on the southeast side by East Third Avenue and Dixie Furniture Company property and being bounded on the northwest side by Dixie Furniture Company property, for the purpose of permitting the said Dixie Furniture Company, Incorporated, to connect its said property on the southeast side of Railroad Street with its property on the northwest side of said Railroad Street by way of a tramway or a catwalk over and above and across a small portion of Railroad Street with a clearance for said tramway or catwalk of not less than 18 feet to any point over and above Railroad Street, said tramway or catwalk to be constructed and used and said portion of the said Railroad Street to be crossed not less than 18 feet above street level for the benefit of the Dixie Furniture Company, Incorporated, and its business, and generally for its private purposes, said ramp or tramway to be constructed according to the building code of the City of Lexington, State of North Carolina, and any State Building Code or Regulation applicable hereto.

Sec. 2. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of July, 1971.