NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 572

HOUSE BILL 417

 

 

AN ACT EXTENDING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF HIGH POINT AND AMENDING THE CHARTER OF SAID CITY WITH REFERENCE TO THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF SAID CITY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. That the corporate limits of the City of High Point, a municipal corporation in the County of Guilford, are hereby extended so as to include therein all of the area and territory within the following boundary lines not heretofore a part of the city, which lines shall be the corporate limits of the City of High Point, provided, however, that nothing in this Act shall be construed as modifying or repealing any of the provisions of any other Act relating to the City of High Point adopted at this Session of the General Assembly, said boundary lines being as follows:

Beginning at a point in the East line of Davidson County and the West line of Guilford County, said point being in a southerly direction 1600 feet, more or less, from the corner of Forsyth and Davidson Counties in the Guilford County line; said point being the southwest corner of the property of J. E. Welborn and the northwest corner of the property of D. S. Hedgecock; thence eastwardly along the common line of Welborn and Hedgecock to the western right-of-way line of U. S. Highway No. 311 (North Main Street); thence northwestwardly along the western line of said U. S. Highway 311, 300 feet, more or less, to a point, said point being 100 feet East of Dr. T. R. Zimmerman's northwest corner in the eastern right-of-way of said U. S. Highway 311; thence in a northeasterly direction across said highway to said corner of Dr. Zimmerman; thence with Dr. Zimmerman's North line in an easterly direction 1620 feet, more or less, to the center line of Bell Telephone Company's cable line; thence in a northeasterly direction along said cable line 1500 feet, more or less, to Hiatt Branch; thence with center line of Hiatt Branch approximately 11,900 feet to Deep River; thence downstream with the center line of Deep River approximately 18,400 feet to the East right-of-way line of Penny Road; thence with the East right-of-way of Penny Road in a southerly direction 150 feet, more or less, to the corporate limits of Jamestown, North Carolina, and continuing southwardly with said corporate limits 250 feet, more or less, to a corporate limit corner; thence with the corporate limits of Jamestown, North Carolina, in a westerly direction crossing Penny Road and along the North property line of Lot No. 53 of the subdivision, known as "Part of Pennyburn Lands" to the northwest corner of Lot No. 53; thence in a southerly direction with the corporate limits of Jamestown, North Carolina, and the western property line of Lots 53 through 71 of said subdivision to the southwest corner of Lot No. 71 in said subdivision; thence eastwardly along the southern property line of Lot No. 71 and continuing across Penny Road to the East right-of-way line of said Penny Road, a corner in the corporate limits of Jamestown, North Carolina; thence in a southerly direction along the East right-of-way line of Penny Road to a point in the East right-of-way line of Penny Road and the northern right-of-way of U. S. Highway No. 29-A and 70-A (Greensboro Road), said point being a corner in the corporate limits of Jamestown, North Carolina; thence southeastwardly along the corporate limits of Jamestown, North Carolina, to its corner at the Southern Railroad Company; thence continuing in a northeasterly direction along the corporate limits of Jamestown, North Carolina, with the Southern Railway, to the center line of Deep River; thence southwardly (downstream), with the center line of the Deep River, for a distance of 1500 feet, more or less, to a point 200 feet beyond the mouth of an unnamed stream (which stream crosses Scientific Street about 400 feet South of the Southern Railway); thence southwestwardly (upstream) parallel to and 200 feet southeast of the center line of said unnamed stream, for a distance of 5000 feet, more or less, to a point 200 feet East of the center line of Scientific Street; thence southwardly, parallel to and 200 feet East of the center line of Scientific Street, crossing Dillon Road, a distance of 5000 feet to a point 200 feet South of the center line of Kivett Drive; thence westwardly parallel to and 200 feet South of the center line of Kivett Drive, a distance of 1200 feet, more or less, to a point 200 feet East of the center line of Crestwood (South of and opposite East Spring Garden); thence southwardly, parallel to and 200 feet East of the center line of Crestwood, a distance of 550 feet, more or less, to a point 200 feet North of the center line of Lawndale Street; thence eastwardly, parallel to and 200 feet North of the center line of Lawndale Street, a distance of 250 feet, more or less, to a point 200 feet East of the center line of Crestwood (Crestwood Park) extended; thence southwardly, parallel to and 200 feet East of the center line of Crestwood (Crestwood Park and Hillcrest Drive), crossing Central Boulevard and eastwardly, parallel to and 200 feet North of the center line of Oakcrest (Holton Street), a distance of 3100 feet, more or less, to a point 200 feet southeast of the center line of Triangle Lake Road; thence southwestwardly, parallel to and 200 feet southeast of the center line of Triangle Lake Road, a distance of 1300 feet, more or less, to a point 200 feet northeast of the center line of Baker Road; thence southeastwardly, parallel to and 200 feet northeast of the center line of Baker Road, crossing U. S. 29-70, a distance of 1800 feet, more or less; thence continuing parallel to and 200 feet southeast of the center line of Baker Road, a distance of 4200 feet, more or less, to a point on the High Point-Jamestown Township line; thence southwardly along said township line, a distance of 2700 feet, more or less, to a point 200 feet North of the center line of Elder Road; thence eastwardly parallel to and 200 feet North of the center line of Elder Road, a distance of 1700 feet, more or less, to a point in the western boundary of the property of the Guilford County Board of Education; (Allen Jay Elementary School Property); thence northwardly with said western boundary, a distance of 1000 feet, more or less, eastwardly with the northern boundary a distance of 429.07 feet, and southwardly along the eastern boundary a distance of 923.41 feet along said Guilford County Board of Education property; thence continuing in the same direction as the eastern boundary to a point 200 feet South of the center line of the road in front of the Allen Jay School; thence westwardly, parallel to and 200 feet South of the center line of said road in front of the Allen Jay School, a distance of 300 feet, more or less, to a point 200 feet East of the center line of Ingram Street; thence southwardly parallel to and 200 feet East of the center line of Ingram Street, a distance of 2700 feet, more or less, to a point 200 feet South of the center line of North Carolina Highway 610 (Fairfield Road); thence in a westerly direction, parallel to and 200 feet South of the center line of North Carolina Highway 610 (Fairfield Road), a distance of 7000 feet, more or less, to a point in the center line of U. S. Highway No. 311 (South Main Street Extension); thence continuing in a westerly direction crossing Highway 311, parallel to and 200 feet South of the center line of Smith Road, a distance of 1400 feet, more or less, to a point 200 feet South of the center line of Smith Road, in the common line of the properties of Richardson and the Amos Ragan Estate; thence in a southerly direction along their line a distance of 1830 feet, more or less, to a point in the Guilford and Randolph County line; thence in a westerly direction along the Guilford and Randolph County line, a distance of 17,860 feet, more or less, to a corner of Guilford and Randolph Counties in the Davidson County line; thence in a northerly direction, along the Davidson County line, a distance of 30,870 feet, more or less, to the point and place of beginning.

Sec. 2. Section 3 of Chapter 107, Private Laws of 1931, the same being the Charter of the City of High Point, is hereby amended so that the corporate limits of the City of High Point will be as defined in Section I above and shall include all of the area and territory mentioned in said Section 1.

Sec. 3. The extension of the corporate limits of the City of High Point, as above provided, is hereby found, determined and declared to be for the benefit of the inhabitants of said city and of the areas annexed thereto by the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 4. The City Council of the City of High Point may contract with the governing body of any fire protection district, the area of which is included either in whole or in part within the corporate limits of said City of High Point by this Act, to acquire any or all property of such district, including, but without limitation, any fire fighting equipment or facilities, by gift, grant, purchase or otherwise, and if by purchase, to provide for the payment from nontax sources of the city any indebtedness of such district relating to said equipment, facilities or other property; and provided, further, that the City Council of said City of High Point may contract with any such district for the furnishing of fire protection by said city or by said district.

Sec. 5. The Charter of the City of High Point and the amendments thereto, all public, public-local and private laws in force and effect relating to the City of High Point, and all ordinances, including those establishing excise taxes of all kinds, in force and effect in the City of High Point shall apply to the areas hereby annexed with the same force and effect, and to the same extent, as if said areas had been a part of the City of High Point at the time of the adoption and passage of said Charter and the amendments thereto and of said laws and ordinances. All license taxes levied by the City of High Point for the year 1960 shall become due and payable in the areas herein annexed on the effective date of this Act, except that automobile license taxes shall become due and payable in said areas forty-five days after the effective date of this Act.

Sec. 6. All taxes levied and collected by the City of High Point from and after the effective date of this Act shall be levied and collected uniformly in all of the territory embraced in the enlarged municipality. All property listed or listed and assessed in accordance with ownership and value as of the first day of January, 1960, in the areas herein annexed shall be subject to all property taxes levied in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1960, by the City of High Point on the basis of such ownership and value.

Sec. 7. The provisions of this Act are severable, and if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of such court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.

Sec. 8. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 9. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after January 1, 1960.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of May, 1959.