NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 211

HOUSE BILL 501

AN ACT ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF THOMASVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.  

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The Charter of the City of Thomasville is hereby revised and consolidated as follows:

"ARTICLE I.

"General.

"Sec. 101. Act to constitute new Charter; former acts repealed.

This act shall constitute the Charter of the City of Thomasville, and shall supersede and replace all local acts enacted prior hereto relating solely to the City of Thomasville.

"Sec. 102. City rechartered and continued.

The City of Thomasville, North Carolina, is hereby rechartered and continued as a body politic and corporate under the name and style of the 'City of Thomasville'.

"Sec. 103. Form of government.

The form of government for the city shall be the 'council-manager' form.

"Sec. 104. Right reserved to change form of government, etc.

Neither Section 103 above nor any other provisions of this Charter shall preclude the city from changing its name, modifying its form of government or otherwise altering its structure in accordance with Chapter 160A of the General Statutes.

"Sec. 105. Applicability of statutes.

Except where inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter, the City of Thomasville shall have all powers conferred by and be subject to all provisions of the general laws of North Carolina relating to cities.

"ARTICLE II.

"Corporate Limits and Electoral Districts (Wards).

"Sec. 201. Corporate limits.

The corporate limits of the City of Thomasville shall be as follows:

'BEGINNING at a concrete monument in the Northern property line of Lot 5 as shown on Plat of Conrad Heights recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Davidson County, North Carolina in Plat Book 10, Page 104, said Concrete Monument being located North 88 degrees 46 minutes 00 seconds West 104.85 feet, as measured along the rear line of Lambeth Knolls Section 8, recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 79, from a point where the West right-of-way line of Cardinal Place intersects with the rear line of Lambeth Knolls, Section 8; thence with the City Limits line crossing through Lambeth Knolls, Section 8 and Section 6 North 24 degrees 26 minutes 40 seconds West 993.90 feet to a Concrete Monument in the rear line of Lambeth Knolls, Section 6, recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 26, and the North Carolina Baptist Orphanage's line; thence with the City Limit line crossing through the North Carolina Baptist Orphanage's property North 24 degrees 26 minutes 40 seconds West 2,763.06 feet to a Concrete Monument in the southern right-of-way line of Johnsontown Road; thence with said right-of-way line South 56 degrees 02 minutes 30 seconds West 380.83 feet to a Concrete monument; thence South 57 degrees 08 minutes 40 seconds West 290.29 feet to a Concrete Monument; thence South 55 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds West 383.81 feet to a Concrete Monument in the southern right-of-way line of Johnsontown Road; thence with the City Limit line crossing Johnsontown Road North 32 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West 60.12 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Northern right-of-way line of Johnsontown Road, said Monument being approximately 150 feet West of King Row; thence with an existing property line North 32 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West 353.06 feet to a Concrete Monument; thence with the City Limit line crossing through the property of H.B. Finch North 07 degrees 47 minutes 20 seconds West 805.37 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Southern right-of-way line of the Southern Railroad; thence with the Southern Railroad right-of-way line South 74 degrees 59 minutes 50 seconds West 187.34 feet to a Concrete Monument; thence with a curve to the right having a radius of 8,211.86 feet, a tangent of 279.59 feet, and a length of 558.96 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Southern right-of-way line of the Southern Railroad; thence crossing the Southern Railroad North 04 degrees 25 minutes 50 seconds East 208.18 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Northern right-of-way line of the Southern Railroad and in the West right-of-way line of Pineywood Road (not open), as shown on Myers Park Subdivision. Section 3, recorded in Plat Book 4, Page 69; thence along the Northern right-of-way line of the Southern Railroad the following courses and distances; South 80 degrees 58 minutes 10 seconds West 901.11 feet to a Concrete Monument, a corner of Myers Park and the Community General Hospital; thence South 86 degrees 16 minutes 00 seconds West 211.02 feet; thence South 88 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds West 196.51 feet; thence North 89 degrees 44 minutes 00 seconds West 196.48 feet; thence North 87 degrees 45 minutes 00 seconds West 197.15 feet; thence North 86 degrees 27 minutes 30 seconds West 104.67 feet; thence 86 degrees 06 minutes 00 seconds West 827.08 feet to a Concrete Monument, the common corner of Jewel Sink and the Community General Hospital in the Northern right-of-way line of the Southern Railroad; thence with the common line of Jewel Sink and the hospital North 11 degrees 25 minutes 00 seconds West 477.23 feet to a Concrete Monument, the common corner of Jewel Sink, Community General Hospital and Kester A. Sink; thence with the common lines of Kester A. Sink and the hospital South 86 degrees 25 minutes 00 seconds East 697.81 feet to a Concrete Monument; thence North 04 degrees 06 minutes 50 seconds East 1,547.30 feet to a Concrete Monument, the common corner of Kester A. Sink and the Community General Hospital in the Southern right-of-way line of Old Lexington Road; thence with the Southern right-of-way line of Old Lexington Road South 64 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds East 594.88 feet to a Concrete Monument, thence with a curve to the left having a radius of 693.05 feet, a tangent of 221.90 feet and a length of 429.51 feet to a Concrete Monument; thence North 79 degrees 42 minutes 00 seconds East 187.90 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Southern right-of-way line of Old Lexington Road, said Monument being the common front corner of Lots 5 and 6, Block "D" as shown on Myers Park, Section 3, recorded in Plat Book 4, Page 69; thence South 10 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds East 299.85 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Northern right-of-way of Marylou Avenue (not open), said Monument being the common front corner of Lots 23 and 24 of Myers Park; thence with the Northern right-of-way line of Marylou Avenue South 79 degrees 25 minutes 00 seconds West 74.94 feet to a Concrete Monument; thence crossing Marylou Avenue South 19 degrees 54 minutes 00 seconds West 58.01 feet to a Concrete Monument; thence with the rear line of Myers Park, Block "G" South 03 degrees 31 minutes 20 seconds West 1,271.60 feet to a point in the rear line of Myers Park, Section 3, Block "G"; thence with the City Limit Line crossing through Myers Park 3, Section, North 82 degrees 07 minutes 20 seconds East 898.79 feet to a point in the Western right-of-way line of Pineywood Road (not open); thence with the Western right-of-way line of Pineywood Road North 04 degrees 25 minutes 50 seconds East 1,667.00 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the Southwest intersection of Pineywood Road and Lexington Avenue; thence crossing Lexington Avenue North 13 degrees 46 minutes 10 seconds East 148.48 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the Northwest intersection of Pineywood Road and Lexington Avenue; thence with the Western right-of-way line of Pineywood Road North 15 degrees 38 minutes 30 seconds East 862.53 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Western right-of-way line of Pineywood Road; thence with the City Limit Line North 24 degrees 26 minutes 40 seconds West 368.98 feet to a Concrete Monument; thence with the City Limit Line North 65 degrees 33 minutes 20 seconds East 277.57 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Western right-of-way line of Pineywood Road; thence with the Western right-of-way line of Pineywood Road crossing Sunset Drive North 06 degrees 13 minutes 30 seconds West 66.18 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the Northwest intersection of Pineywood Road and Sunset Drive, as shown on Plat of Sunset Acres, recorded in Book 10, Page 1; thence with the Western right-of-way line of Pineywood Road the following courses and distances; North 09 degrees 57 minutes 30 seconds West 562.76 feet; thence with a curve to the right having a radius of 2,502.91 feet, a tangent of 268.22 feet and a length of 534.40 feet; thence North 02 degrees 16 minutes 30 seconds East 595.08 feet; thence with a curve to the right having a radius of 1,193.15 feet, a tangent of 392.03 feet, and a length of 757.60 feet; thence North 38 degrees 39 minutes 20 seconds East 299.10 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Western right-of-way line of Pineywood Road, thence with a curve to the left having a radius of 113.46 feet, a tangent of 128.65 feet and a length of 134.46 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Western right-of-way line of Jacob Street thence with the Western right-of-way line of Jacob Street North 57 degrees 41 minutes 40 seconds West 150.31 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Southern right-of-way line of U.S. Highways 29 and 70; thence with the Southern right-of-way line of U.S. Highways 29 and 70 the following courses and distances: North 50 degrees 55 minutes 10 seconds East 1,264.62 feet; thence with a curve to the right having a radius of 11,145.21 feet, a tangent of 286.98 feet and a length of 480.39 feet; thence North 53 degrees 52 minutes 10 seconds East 1,367.25 feet; thence North 53 degrees 30 minutes 20 seconds East 379.23 feet to a concrete monument in the Southern right-of-way line of U.S. Highways 29 and 70; thence South 87 degrees 39 minutes 00 seconds East 64.69 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Western right-of-way line of N.C. Highway 109 (Salem Street); thence crossing N.C. Highway 109 North 55 Degrees 37 minutes 50 seconds East 64.34 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Eastern right-of-way line of N.C. Highway 109; thence North 03 degrees 50 minutes 20 seconds East 55.09 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Southern right-of-way line, U.S. Highways 29 and 70; thence with a curve to the right having a radius of 3,871.97 feet, a tangent of 276.98 feet and a length of 553.02 feet to a Concrete Monument; thence North 62 degrees 03 minutes 10 seconds East 2,495.84 feet; thence with a curve to the right having a radius of 5,593.16 feet, a tangent of 854.21 feet, and a length of 1,695.58 feet; thence North 79 degrees 25 minutes 20 seconds East 4,528.78 feet; thence North 79 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds East 403.51 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Southern right-of-way line of U.S. Highways 29 and 70 and the Western right-of-way line of the access road leading to National Highway; thence with the Western right-of-way line of the access road the following courses and distances: South 67 degrees 42 minutes 00 seconds East 184.22 feet; thence South 42 degrees 33 minutes 00 seconds East 234.30 feet; thence South 19 degrees 50 minutes 40 seconds East 89.87 feet; thence South 03 degrees 11 minutes 50 seconds West 36.33 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the Northwest intersection of the access road and National Highway; thence crossing National Highway North 72 degrees 25 minutes 20 seconds East 64.04 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Eastern right-of-way line of National Highway; thence with the Eastern right-of-way line of National Highway the following courses and distances: South 04 degrees 29 minutes 00 seconds West 109.90 feet; thence South 07 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds West 100.00 feet; thence South 12 degrees 43 minutes 20 seconds West 150.00 feet; thence South 16 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds West 100.00 feet; thence South 19 degrees 51 minutes 10 seconds West 200.00 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Eastern right-of-way line of National Highway, said Monument being the Northwest corner of Lot 1, Block "E" as shown on Plat of Erwin Heights, recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 42; thence with the rear line of Erwin Heights South 87 degrees 01 minutes 50 seconds East 534.88 feet to a Concrete Monument; thence South 03 degrees 19 minutes 00 seconds West 797.46 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being in the rear line of Lot 11, Block "E", Erwin Heights; thence with the City Limit Line South 87 degrees 28 minutes 00 seconds East 287.64 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the Northeast corner of Lot 33, Block "A", Erwin Heights; thence with the rear line of said Block "A", South 03 degrees 59 minutes 30 seconds West 859.60 feet to a Concrete Monument; thence South 03 degrees 34 minutes 40 seconds West 503.02 feet; thence North 87 degrees 17 minutes 30 seconds West 1,011.35 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the common rear corner of Lots 12 and 13, Block "A", Erwin Heights; thence with the City Limit Line South 06 degrees 09 minutes 50 seconds West 267.28 feet to a Concrete Monument; thence North 83 degrees 55 minutes 50 seconds West 194.34 feet to a Concrete Monument; thence parallel and approximately 200 feet East of Turner Street South 06 degrees 04 minutes 10 seconds West 1,517.85 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Northern right-of-way line of Unity Street; thence with the Northern right-of-way line of Unity Street the following courses and distances: South 77 degrees 24 minutes 10 seconds East 256.50 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the Northwest intersection of Unity Street and Albertson Road; thence crossing Albertson Road South 75 degrees 17 minutes 50 seconds East 62.45 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the Northeast intersection of Unity Street and Albertson Road; thence South 75 degrees 17 minutes 50 seconds East 244.58 feet; thence South 72 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds East 471.53 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Western right-of-way line of the Southern Railroad; thence crossing the Southern Railroad South 72 degrees 19 minutes 50 seconds East 220.19 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Eastern right-of-way line of the Southern Railroad; thence South 73 degrees 33 minutes 40 seconds East 241.24 feet; thence South 69 degrees 48 minutes 30 seconds East 200.35 feet; thence South 66 degrees 44 minutes 10 seconds East 122.45 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the Northwest intersection of Unity Street and Blair Street; thence crossing Blair Street South 66 degrees 43 minutes 20 seconds East 60.16 feet to a Concrete Monument, said monument being the Northeast intersection of Blair Street and Unity Street; thence crossing Unity Street South 27 degrees 28 minutes 00 seconds West 60.16 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the Southeast intersection of Blair Street and Unity Street; thence with the Eastern right-of-way line of Blair Street the following courses and distances; South 21 degrees 10 minutes 40 seconds West 490.55 feet; thence South 18 degrees 57 minutes 30 seconds West 329.50 feet; thence South 25 degrees 31 minutes 30 seconds West 208.03 feet; thence South 43 degrees 01 minutes 30 seconds West 121.99 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the Southeast intersection of Blair Street and Vivian Street, said Monument also being the Northwest corner of Lot 56 as shown on Plat of Freemont Park, recorded in Plat Book 7, Page 95; thence with the lines of Freemont Park North 89 degrees 16 minutes 40 seconds East 172.70 feet to a Concrete Monument; thence South 03 degrees 00 minutes 10 seconds West 1,293.51 feet to a Concrete Monument; thence North 87 degrees 54 minutes 40 seconds West 495.50 feet to a Concrete Monument; thence North 87 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds West 132.72 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being in the Southern property line of Lot 173, Freemont Park; thence with the City Limit Line South 24 degrees 26 minutes 40 seconds East 2,996.11 feet to a Concrete Monument; thence with the City Limit line South 65 degrees 33 minutes 20 seconds West 294.67 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being located in the Eastern right-of-way line of Border Street (not open); thence with the Eastern right-of-way line of Border Street, South 05 degrees 51 minutes 00 seconds West 544.00 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the Northeast intersection of Border Street and East Sunrise Avenue (formerly Welborn Street); thence crossing East Sunrise Avenue South 05 degrees 51 minutes 00 seconds West 62.48 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Southern right-of-way line of East Sunrise Avenue; thence with the Southern right-of-way of East Sunrise Avenue the following courses and distances: North 67 degrees 57 minutes 00 seconds West 100.99 feet; thence North 75 degrees 44 minutes 50 seconds West 100.00 feet; thence North 84 degrees 48 minutes 50 seconds West 200.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 49 minutes 50 seconds West 200.00 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Southern right-of-way line of East Sunrise Avenue, said Monument being the Northeast corner of Lot 1, as shown on Plat of Sunrise Hills, Section 3, recorded in Plat Book 9, Page 34; thence with the rear line of Sunrise Hills, Section 3, South 04 degrees 58 minutes 20 seconds West 1,054.16 feet to a Concrete Monument,said Monument being the Southeast corner of Lot 41, Sunrise Hills, Section 3 and the Northeast corner of an unnumbered lot as shown on Plat of Glengale Acres, recorded in Plat Book 10, Page 30; thence with the rear line of Glengale Acres South 05 degrees 01 minutes 50 seconds West 1,013.36 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the Southeast corner of Lot 20, Glengale Acres; thence with the City Limit Line South 87 degrees 17 minutes 00 seconds East 61.12 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being a corner of Lot 1 as shown on Plat of Scottwood, recorded in Plat Book 14, Page 60; thence with the rear lines of Scottwood South 88 degrees 11 minutes 00 seconds East 240.00 feet, thence South 88 degrees 01 minutes 30 seconds East 846.32 feet; thence South 03 degrees 21 minutes 00 seconds West 135.90 feet; thence South 60 degrees 36 minutes 50 seconds West 183.52 feet; thence South 61 degrees 19 minutes 20 seconds West 756.07 feet to an iron pipe in the Eastern right-of-way line of East Holly Hill Road (formerly Vance Road); thence with the Eastern right-of-way line of East Holly Hill Road the following courses and distances: South 31 degrees 41 minutes 50 seconds East 240.36 feet; thence South 28 degrees 08 minutes 00 seconds East 1,390.25 feet to a point, said point being the Northeast intersection of East Holly Hill Road and N.C. Highway 62 (Cloniger Drive); thence with the Northern right-of-way line on N.C. Highway 62 North 84 degrees 08 minutes 50 seconds East 601.29 feet to a point in the Northern right-of-way line on N.C. Highway 62, said point being the projected Eastern right-of-way line of Raleigh Road; thence crossing N.C. Highway 62 and with the Eastern right-of-way line of Raleigh Road South 42 degrees 41 minutes 20 seconds West 755.05 feet to a point in the Eastern right-of-way line of Raleigh Road; thence with the City Limit Lines crossing Raleigh Road South 87 degrees 17 minutes 00 seconds West 889.37 feet; thence South 87 degrees 08 minutes 00 seconds West 306.60 feet; thence South 80 degrees 01 minutes 00 seconds West 226.64 feet; thence South 05 degrees 21 minutes 00 seconds West 605.72 feet; thence South 03 degrees 14 minutes 00 seconds West 248.14 feet; thence North 87 degrees 01 minutes 00 seconds West 323.24 feet to an iron pipe, said iron pipe being a corner of Lot 10 Block "A" as shown on Plat of Rolling Acres, Section three, recorded in Plat Book 11, Page 22; thence with the rear line of Block "A", Rolling Acres North 86 degrees 58 minutes 00 seconds West 506.13 feet to a point, said point being located South 86 degrees 58 minutes 00 seconds East 40.00 feet from the common rear corner of Lots 5 and 6, Block "A", Rolling Acres; thence with the City Limit Line crossing Lot 6 and Laura Lane (not open) South 03 degrees 21 minutes 00 seconds West 237.47 feet to a point in the Southern right-of-way line of Laura Lane; thence with the Southern right-of-way line of Laura Lane North 85 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds West 340.00 feet to an iron pipe in the Southern right-of-way line of Laura Lane, said iron pipe being the Northeast corner of Lot 4, Block "B", Rolling Acres; thence with the City Limit Line located 180.00 feet East and parallel to the Eastern right-of-way line of Liberty Drive South 03 degrees 28 minutes 00 seconds West 886.65 feet to a point in the rear line of Lot 6, Block "D", Rolling Acres, Section 3; thence with the City Limit Line North 81 degrees 59 minutes 00 seconds West 3,178.79 feet to a point; thence North 83 degrees 10 minutes 50 seconds West 829.35 feet to a Concrete Monument; thence South 38 degrees 27 minutes 20 seconds West 353.80 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being a corner of Fairgrove Forest, Section 4, recorded in Plat Book 9, Page 99; thence South 02 degrees 56 minutes 20 seconds West 809.63 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the Southeast corner of Lot 1 as shown on Plat of Fairgrove Estate, Section 1, recorded in Plat Book 12, Page 81; thence with the Fairgrove Estate lines South 79 degrees 04 minutes 00 seconds West 422.41 feet; thence North 49 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds West 1,152.60 feet; thence North 04 degrees 49 minutes 30 seconds East 1,541.41 feet; thence South 84 degrees 52 minutes 00 seconds East 95.90 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being a corner of Lot 27 in the Western right-of-way line of Ferndale Drive as shown on Fairgrove Estates, Section 1; thence with the Western right-of-way line of Ferndale Drive North 07 degrees 29 minutes 40 seconds West 746.43 feet; thence North 06 degrees 45 minutes 00 seconds West 396.57 feet to a Concrete Monument, said monument being the Southwest intersection of Ferndale Drive and West Holly Hill Road; thence with the Western right-of-way line of said West Holly Hill Road the following courses and distances: South 70 degrees 39 minutes 20 seconds West 796.17 feet; thence with a curve to the right having a radius of 530.39 feet, a tangent of 117.45 feet, a length of 231.17 feet; thence North 84 degrees 22 minutes 20 seconds West 92.31 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the Southeast intersection of West Holly Hill Road and Fisher Ferry Road; thence crossing Fisher Ferry Road North 84 degrees 22 minutes 20 seconds West 480.58 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the Southeast intersection of West Holly Hill Road and Kendall Mill Road; thence crossing Kendall Mill Road North 35 degrees 57 minutes 20 seconds West 86.84 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the Northwest intersection of Kendall Mill Road and Knollwood Drive; thence with the northern right-of-way line of Kendall Mill Road South 54 degrees 57 minutes 00 seconds West 86.72 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the Southwest corner of Lot 518 as shown on Plat of Lambeth Knolls Section 7 and recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 27; thence North 28 degrees 09 minutes 30 seconds West 155.86 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the Northwest corner of said Lot 518; thence North 61 degrees 50 minutes 30 seconds East 60.44 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the Northeast corner of Lot 517 of said Section 7 located in the Western right-of-way line of Knollwood Drive; thence with the Western right-of-way line North 38 degrees 09 minutes 30 seconds West 147.69 feet to a Concrete Monument, said Monument being the common corner of Lot 468 and Lot 517; thence North 38 degrees 09 minutes 30 seconds West 73.93 feet to a Concrete Monument in the Western right-of-way line of Knollwood Drive; thence with the City Limit Line crossing through Lambeth Knolls Subdivision South 65 degrees 33 minutes 20 seconds West 790.38 feet to a Concrete Monument in the rear line of Lambeth Knolls, Section 8 and the Northern property line of Lot 6 as shown on Plat of Conrad Heights, recorded in Plat Book 10, Page 104; thence South 88 degrees 46 minutes 00 seconds East 38.28 feet to a point, said point being the Northeast corner of Lot 6, Conrad Heights; thence South 15 degrees 42 minutes 00 seconds East 76.85 feet to a point, said point being the common corner of Lot 7 and Lot 9 of Conrad Heights; thence South 62 degrees 26 minutes 00 seconds West 195.74 feet to a point in the Eastern right-of-way line of Cardinal Place, said point being the common corner of Lot 7 and Lot 8 of Conrad Heights; thence with the Eastern right-of-way line of Cardinal Place North 26 degrees 17 minutes 00 seconds West 103.28 feet to a point; thence with the City Limit line crossing Cardinal Place South 65 degrees 33 minutes 20 seconds West 127.76 feet to a Concrete Monument; thence North 24 degrees 26 minutes 40 seconds West 145.99 feet to the beginning. Containing 4,326.26 Acres 6.7598 Square Miles.'

"Sec. 202. Changes in corporate limits.

The corporate limits may be enlarged or modified as provided by general law.

"Sec. 203. Division of city into electoral districts (wards).

The territory within the corporate limits of the city is hereby divided into four electoral districts (wards) as follows:

(a)       First District (Ward): The First District (Ward) shall contain the territory within the following boundaries: Being all that territory located north of the Southern Railroad and east of Salem Street as said Salem Street is extended to the city limits of the City of Thomasville.

(b)       Second District (Ward): The Second District (Ward) shall contain the territory within the following boundaries: Being all that territory located north of the Southern Railroad and west of Salem Street as said Salem Street is extended to the city limits of the City of Thomasville.

(c)       Third District (Ward): The Third District (Ward) shall contain the territory within the following boundaries: Being all that territory located south of the Southern Railroad and west of Randolph Street and North Carolina Highway No. 109 within the city limits of the City of Thomasville.

(d)       Fourth District (Ward): The Fourth District (Ward) shall contain the territory within the following boundaries: Being all that territory located south of the Southern Railroad and east of Randolph Street and North Carolina Highway No. 109 and north of North Carolina Highway No. 62 within the city limits of the City of Thomasville.

"Sec. 204. Changes in districts (wards).

By ordinance, the council may change the number of electoral districts (wards) in accordance with Part 4 of Article 5 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes or their boundaries in accordance with G.S. 160A-23.

"ARTICLE III.

"Mayor and Council: Elections.

"Sec. 301. Mayor and composition of council.

The City of Thomasville shall have a mayor and council with five members. The city council shall be composed of one councilman at large and four councilmen from the electoral districts (wards) of the city.

"Sec. 302. Mayor and councilmen elected at large; residence.

The mayor and all councilmen shall be elected by the voters of the city at large. The mayor and the councilman at large may reside at any place within the city. Each councilman elected from an electoral district (ward) shall reside within that electoral district (ward) throughout his tenure in office.

"Sec. 303. Qualifications for mayor and councilmen.

No person shall be eligible for election as mayor or councilman unless he shall have resided within the city for at least thirty days next preceding the day of his election. No person shall be eligible for election as councilman from an electoral district (ward) unless he shall have resided in said district (ward) for at least thirty days next preceding the day of his election.

"Sec. 304. Terms of office.

(a)       The mayor and councilman at large shall hold office for terms of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. The present mayor and councilman at large shall continue to hold office and serve as mayor and councilman at large under this charter until the organizational meeting of the council following the regular election in 1981, at which election their successors shall be elected.

(b)       The councilmen from electoral districts (wards) shall hold office for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. The present councilmen from electoral districts (wards) one and three shall continue to hold office and serve as councilmen under this charter until the organizational meeting of the council following the regular election in 1983, at which election their successors shall be elected. The present councilmen from electoral districts (wards) two and four shall continue to hold office and serve as councilmen under this charter until the organizational meeting following the regular election in 1981, at which election their successors shall be elected.

"Sec. 305. Time, procedure for elections.

A general city election shall be held in each odd-numbered year at the time and in the manner provided by Chapter 163 of the General Statutes. Said elections shall be nonpartisan and shall be decided by a simple plurality in accordance with G.S. 163-292. All city elections shall be conducted by the Davidson County Board of Elections; provided that the city may, in its discretion of the council, elect to conduct its own elections as provided by G.S. 163-285.

"Sec. 306. Qualifications of electors.

All persons entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, and who are residents of the city, and who have registered and qualified as provided in Subchapter IX of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes shall be allowed to vote for mayor and city councilmen.

"Sec. 307. Removal from office of mayor or councilman for misconduct.

The city council by vote of four-fifths of its members in meeting assembled, shall have power to remove from office the mayor or any councilman for misfeasance, malfeasance, corruption, neglect of duty or other misconduct in office, but the person to be proceeded against shall have at least ten days' notice in writing of the motion to remove him, accompanied by a copy of the charges alleged as the grounds for his proposed removal. He shall have the right to be heard in person or by counsel in his defense. In case of the removal of the mayor or any councilman, the vacancy shall be filled by the city council or the remaining members thereof in the manner provided by G.S. 160A-63.

"Sec. 308. Mayor's powers and duties.

The mayor shall exercise those powers and perform those duties provided or authorized by this charter or general law, and no others. He shall have power to administer oaths as provided by general law.

"Sec. 309. Failure to serve constitutes vacancy.

The failure or refusal of a person elected to the position of mayor or councilman to qualify or assume the duties of said office shall create a vacancy in the office which shall be filled in the same manner that other vacancies are filled under general law.

"ARTICLE IV.

"Administration.

"Sec. 401. Administration to be as provided by general law.

Except as otherwise provided in this charter, the administration of city affairs shall be as is provided by Part 2 of Article 7 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes for the administration of council-manager cities.

"Sec. 402. Conflict of interest of manager.

The city manager shall not be personally interested in any contract in which the city is a party for supplying the city materials or services of any kind.

"Sec. 403. Turning over effects of office to successor.

Any officer of the city shall, on demand, turn over to his successor in office the property, records, books, moneys, scales or effects of the city.

"ARTICLE V.

"Powers and Limitations Thereon.

"Sec. 501. Powers to be broadly construed.

The city shall have all of the municipal powers provided by law. The fact that any power or jurisdiction is specifically conferred by this charter, or that any power or jurisdiction may have been specifically conferred by the former charter or other local act and is not specifically mentioned herein, shall not be construed as evidencing any legislative intent to deprive the city of any power or jurisdiction it would otherwise have under general law.

"Sec. 502. Control over public-service corporations, etc.

The council shall have power to require all public-service corporations, and all people doing public-service business in the city, to make such reports as it may require, and shall have a right to inspect such books and papers as the State Utilities Commission has the right to inspect under the laws enacted or which may be enacted with reference to public-service corporations doing business in the city. The council is hereby authorized and empowered to require all public-service corporations, and all persons engaged in public-service business in the city to construct their lines and erect such poles and towers as may be required or used in their business at such places and along such routes as in the opinion of the council is best and most suitable, and the council is further authorized and empowered to cause such poles, towers and lines to be removed or torn down, when in the opinion of the council the public good or safety so require, and the good faith decision of the council in such matters shall be conclusive.

"Sec. 503. Forfeiture of franchises.

The council shall have full power to declare forfeited and terminate franchises granted persons or corporations for street railway, electric light, telephone, telegraph, gas, power, or public-service purposes, whenever the conditions upon which such franchise or franchises were granted have been broken, or whenever, for any other reason, such franchise or franchises have been lost, surrendered or forfeited.

"Sec. 504. Appointment of board of education.

The council shall continue to appoint the Thomasville Board of Education, as provided by Chapter 88, Session Laws of 1965.

"Sec. 505. Powers, duties with regard to schools.

The council shall do and perform in relation to the Thomasville school district or the school of said city all things now done and performed by the city council of the City of Thomasville, and nothing in this charter shall be construed to change the law affecting the schools of said city or district, and the boundaries of said Thomasville school district are to be as provided in Chapter 305, Session Laws of 1959.

"Sec. 506. Destruction of buildings to stop progress of fire.

In case of fire, the mayor, city manager, or any two members of the council, may order the blowing up, tearing down or destruction in any other way that may seem best, of any building, when it is deemed necessary to stop the progress of the fire; and no person shall be held liable, civilly or criminally, for giving or acting in obedience to the orders thus given."

Sec. 2. All ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations in force at the time of taking effect of this charter, not inconsistent with its provisions, shall continue in full force and effect until amended or repealed.

Sec. 3. The following local acts, are hereby expressly repealed, provided that such repeal shall not affect any action taken or proceeding commenced prior to the effective date of this act:

(1)       Private Laws of 1927, Chapter 224, insofar as it relates to the City of Thomasville.

(2)       Private Laws of 1929, Chapter 196.

(3)       Session Laws of 1963, Chapter 4.

Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of April, 1981.