GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION

CHAPTER 964
HOUSE BILL 2296

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF HIGH POINT RELATING TO ASSESSMENTS FOR WATER MAINS AND SEWERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 8.14(3) of the Charter of the City of High Point, being Chapter 501, Session Laws of 1979, reads as rewritten:
"(3) Water mains and sewers. In the case of water mains and storm and sanitary sewers, the cost of not exceeding an eight (8) inch water or sanitary sewer main and of not exceeding a 30 inch storm sewer main and of such portion of said mains as lie within the limits of the street or streets, or part thereof, to be improved as provided in the petition or resolution ordering the same, shall be assessed against the abutting property.  Such cost shall be assessed against the lots and parcels of land abutting on said street or streets or parts thereof, according to their respective frontages thereon by an equal rate per foot of such frontage; provided, that in case of a corner lot, used as a single lot, where there is a water main or sewer already laid on the intersecting street on which such lot abuts and by which such lot is or can be served, the City Council may provide that no assessment shall be made against said lot for the second water main or sewer for any part of the frontage of said lot except that portion in excess of 150 feet or in excess of seventy-five percent (75%) of the frontage of any side of said corner lot, whichever is greater, in a residential section of the city, or in excess of 100 feet if said lot is in a business section of the city, and in such case such portion of said cost as would otherwise be assessed against said lot shall be borne by the city; provided further, that if a water or sanitary sewer main in excess of eight (8) inches in size or a storm sewer main in excess of 30 inches in size is laid in said portion of said street or streets, then the cost of such water or sanitary sewer main in excess of the cost of an eight (8) inch main and the cost of such storm sewer main in excess of a 30 inch main shall be borne by the city; provided further, that if the resolution ordered the construction of any pumping station, outfall, septic tank or disposal plant, no part of the cost of the same shall be specially assessed.  Nothing contained herein shall be construed to limit the right of the city to contract with any property owner or owners for the construction of any pumping station, outfall, septic tank or disposal plant or for the construction of water mains or storm or sanitary sewers and for the assessment of the cost thereof according to the terms of such contract."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of June, 1988.