GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1989 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 873

HOUSE BILL 2045

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE TOWN OF WAKE FOREST TO MAKE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS WITHOUT PETITION FOR THE PLACEMENT OF UTILITY LINES UNDERGROUND.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 160A-216 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"(1c)    The placement of utility lines underground.  For the purpose of this subdivision, 'utility lines' means:

a.         electric distribution lines less than 66,000 volts;

b.         telephone; and

c.         cable television

cables and appurtenances, including those serving street lighting."

Sec. 2. This act applies to the Town of Wake Forest only, and as to that town, only to property (according to the Zoning Ordinance of the Town in effect as of May 1, 1990) within the C-1 Central Business District or within the HCBD (Historic Central Business District).

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9th day of July, 1990.