GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION

CHAPTER 922 
SENATE BILL 931 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE ICARD AND GEORGE HILDEBRAN FIRE DISTRICTS IN BURKE COUNTY. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The boundary of the Icard Fire District in Burke County is as follows: 
BEGINNING at a point (1) at the center of the Catawba River at the Burke-Catawba County line; thence southwesterly with said County line to a point (2) 0.2 mile southwest of SR 1783; thence northwesterly to a point (3) at the northernmost intersection of SR 1803 and SR 1818; thence northwesterly to a point (4) in the center of SR 1786 0.1 mile south of its intersection with SR 1791; thence westerly to a point (5) at the top of Drowning Creek Mountain; thence northwesterly toward Smith Mountain to a point (6) on the southeastern boundary of Lovelady Fire District; thence northeasterly following the existing boundaries of Lovelady and Icard Fire Districts to a point (7) 0.2 miles south of the intersection of SR 1611 and SR 1617; thence northerly through said intersection to a point (8) where Jumping Run enters Lake Rhodhiss; thence easterly to the center of said lake and following the Burke-Caldwell County line to the point (1) of BEGINNING, together with that certain area beginning at the point where the above described boundary line between the Icard Fire District and the George Hildebran Fire District crosses SR 1786 southwardly to its point of intersection with SR 1792, to include all of those properties lying adjacent to or for which ingress and egress is obtained from SR 1786, and continuing southeasterly along SR 1792 to its point of ending to include those properties lying adjacent to or for which ingress and egress is obtained from SR 1792. Excluding from all the above the areas inside the corporate limits of Hickory, Longview, and Rhodhiss. 
Sec. 2.  The boundary of the George Hildebran Fire District in Burke County is as follows: 
BEGINNING at a point (1) on the Burke-Catawba County line 0.2 mile south of SR 1783; thence southwesterly following said County line to a point (2) where it crosses NC 18; thence westerly to a point (3) in the center of SR 1907 0.3 mile east of SR 1912; thence north and westerly to a point (4) in the intersection of SR 1913 and SR 1912; thence northerly crossing SR 1915 0.2 mile north of its intersection with SR 1913 to a point (5) in SR 1916 0.4 mile southwest of its intersection with NC 18; thence westerly to a point (6) 0.5 mile south of the NC 18 bridge over Ball Alley Creek; thence northerly through said bridge and up said creek to a point (7) at its junction with an unnamed creek; thence easterly crossing SR 1001 at its northernmost intersection with SR 1746 to a point (8) at the top of Drowning Creek Mountain; thence easterly to a point (9) in the center of SR 1786 0.1 mile south of its intersection with SR 1791; thence southeasterly to a point (10) at the northernmost intersection of SR 1803 and SR 1818; thence southeasterly to the point (1) of BEGINNING, excepting that certain area beginning at the point where the above described boundary line between the Icard Fire District and the George Hildebran Fire District crosses SR 1786 southwardly to its point of intersection with SR 1792, to include all of those properties lying adjacent to or for which ingress and egress is obtained from SR 1786, and continuing southeasterly along SR 1792 to its point of ending to include those properties lying adjacent to or for which ingress and egress is obtained from SR 1792. 
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective June 30, 1986. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of July, 1986.