NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 415

HOUSE BILL 849

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 160A-299 RELATING TO REQUIRED NOTICE BEFORE CLOSING A STREET OR ALLEY BY REQUIRING NOTICE TO BE SENT ONLY TO PERSONS OWNING PROPERTY ABUTTING THE PORTION OF STREET OR ALLEY PROPOSED TO BE CLOSED.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 160A-299(a) is hereby amended by inserting after the word "alley" in line six and before the word "as" in line six of said subsection (a) the words "in the block or portion of the street or alley proposed to be closed" so that the second full sentence in Subsection (a) shall read as follows: "The resolution shall be published once a week for four successive weeks prior to the hearing, a copy thereof shall be sent by registered or certified mail to all owners of property adjoining the street or alley in the block or portion of the street or alley proposed to be closed as shown on the County Tax Records, and a notice of the closing and public hearing shall be prominently posted in at least two places along the street or alley."

Sec. 2. This act shall apply only to the City of Durham.

Sec. 3. This act shall be in full force and effect upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of May, 1973.