GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1989 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 942

SENATE BILL 1478

 

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF GREENLEVEL IN ALAMANCE COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  A Charter for the Town of Greenlevel is enacted to read:

"CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF GREENLEVEL.

"Chapter I.

"Incorporation and Corporate Powers.

"Section 1.1.  Incorporation and corporate powers.  The inhabitants of the Town of Greenlevel are a body corporate and politic under the name 'Town of Greenlevel'.  Under that name they have all the powers, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities conferred and imposed upon cities by the general law of North Carolina.

"Chapter II.

"Corporate Boundaries.

"Sec. 2.1.  Town boundaries. (a)  Until modified in accordance with law, the boundaries of the Town of Greenlevel are as follows:

In Alamance County,

BEGINNING at a point in the center of the intersection of N. C. Route No. 49 and SR 1752 (Sandy Cross Road), the said point being identified as Point "1" on the map showing the Boundary of the Green Level Water & Sewer District and running thence South 86° 00' East 230.0 Ft. to Point "2" on the said map; thence in a southerly direction parallel with N.C. Route No. 49, and 230.0 Ft. east of the center of the said Route, a distance of 4,682 Ft. to a point (Point "3") 230.0 Ft. northwest of the center of SR 1922; thence in an easterly direction parallel with SR 1922, and 230.0 Ft. north of the center of the said SR 1922, a distance of 4,300 Ft. to a point (Point "4"); thence South 28° 30' East 835.0 Ft. to a point (Point "5"); thence South 20° 30' West 776 Ft. to a point (Point "6"); thence South 43° 00' West 687 Ft. to a point (Point "7"), the same being 230.0 Ft. east of SR 1747; thence in a southerly direction parallel with SR 1747, and 230.0 Ft. east of the said SR 1747, a distance of 1,205 Ft. to a point (Point "8"); thence in a westerly direction parallel with the same SR 1747, and 230.0 Ft. south of the said SR 1747, a distance of 5,040 Ft. to a point (Point "9"), the said point being 230.0 Ft. east of the center of NC Rt. #49; thence in a southerly direction parallel with NC Route #49, and 230.0 Ft. east of the said route, a distance of 1,299 Ft. to a point (Point "10"); thence south 87° 30' west 230.0 Ft. to a point (Point "11"), the said point being 200 Ft. south of the center of the intersection of SR 1746 and N.C. Rt. #49; thence in a westerly direction parallel with SR 1746, and 200 Ft. south of the said SR 1746, a distance of 1,516 Ft. to a point (Point "12"); thence north 22° 30' east 200 Ft. to a point in the center of SR 1746 (Point "13"); thence due north 628 Ft. to a point (Point "14"); thence north 16° 00' east 1,750 Ft. to a point (Point "15") in the center of SR 1747; thence north 15° 00' east 1,915 Ft. to a point in the center of SR 1753 (Point "16"); thence north 7° 45' east 230.0 Ft. to a point (Point "17"); thence south 82° 15' east 1,600 Ft. to a point (Point "18"); thence south 62° 30' east 759 Ft. to a point (Point "19"), the same being 230 Ft. west of the center of N.C. Route #49; thence in a northerly direction parallel with N.C. Route #49, and 230.0 Ft. west of a said route, a distance of 4,709 Ft. to a point (Point "20") in the center of SR 1752 (Sandy Cross Road); thence in an easterly direction along the center of SR 1752 (Sandy Cross Road) a distance of 230.9 Ft. to the point of the BEGINNING and containing 707.6 acres more or less.

"Chapter III.

"Governing Body.

"Sec. 3.1.  Structure of governing body; number of members.  The governing body of the Town of Greenlevel is the Town Council, which has five members.

"Sec. 3.2.  Manner of electing Council.  The qualified voters of the entire Town elect the members of the Council.

"Sec. 3.3.  Term of office of Council members.  Members of the Town Council are elected to four-year terms, except at the initial election in 1991, the three highest vote-getters who are elected shall be elected to four-year terms, and the next two highest vote-getters shall be elected to two-year terms.  In 1993 and quadrennially thereafter, two members of the Council shall be elected for four-year terms.  In 1995 and quadrennially thereafter, three members of the Council shall be elected for four-year terms.

"Sec. 3.4.  Selection of Mayor; term of office.  The Mayor shall be elected by the Council from among its membership to serve at its pleasure.  The Mayor has the right to vote on all matters before the Council.

"Chapter IV.

"Elections.

"Sec. 4.1.  Conduct of Town elections.  The Town Council and Mayor shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis and the results determined by the plurality method as provided by G.S. 163-292.

"Chapter V.

"Administration.

"Sec. 5.1.  Mayor-Council plan.  The Town of Greenlevel operates under the Mayor-Council plan as provided by Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes."

Sec. 2.  From and after the effective date of this act, the citizens and property in the Town of Greenlevel shall be subject to municipal taxes levied for the year beginning July 1, 1990, and for that purpose the Town shall obtain from Alamance County a record of property in the area herein incorporated which was listed for taxes as of January 1, 1990, and the businesses in the Town shall be liable for privilege license tax from the effective date of the privilege license tax ordinance.  The Town may adopt a budget ordinance for fiscal year 1990-91 without following the timetable in the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act, but shall follow the sequence of actions in the spirit of the act insofar as is practical.  If ad valorem taxes for fiscal year 1990-91 are adopted after August 1, 1990, they shall become due and payable at par 90 days after the adoption of the ordinance levying them, and thereafter as if they had been due on September 1, 1990, in accordance with the schedule in G.S. 105-360.

Sec. 3.  Until members of the Town Council are elected in 1991 in accordance with the Town Charter and the law of North Carolina, Plese Corbett, Robert Farrington, Algene Tarpley, Theodore Howard, and Johnnie McBroom shall serve as members of the Town Council.  The initial meeting of the Town Council shall be called by the Clerk to the Board of Commissioners of Alamance County.

Sec. 4.  The Town of Greenlevel is eligible to receive distributions of State funds during fiscal year 1990-91 as if it had been incorporated with an effective date of June 30, 1990.

Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of July, 1990.