GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 730

HOUSE BILL 776

 

AN ACT TO MAKE MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES IN LOCAL LAWS AFFECTING ORANGE COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Sec. 1. The Charter of the Town of Carrboro, being Chapter 660, Session Laws of 1979, is amended by adding a new section to read:

"Sec. 5.43. Towing from Carrboro Farm and Craft Market.

Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 160A-303(b)(2), the Town of Carrboro may, by ordinance, define an abandoned vehicle to include any motor vehicle that is left on property owned, leased or operated by the town contrary to an ordinance prohibiting parking thereon during specified times or in excess of specified durations, and may enforce such ordinance by towing under any ordinance adopted pursuant to the authorization contained in G.S. 160A-303."

Sec. 2. The Charter of the Town of Carrboro, being Chapter 660, Session Laws of 1979, is amended by adding a new section to read:

"Sec. 5.89. Smoke Detectors. Notwithstanding any provision of the North Carolina State Building Code or any general or local law to the contrary, the Town of Carrboro may provide, by ordinance, that the owners of all existing rental residential dwelling units whose units are not required to have smoke detectors under the State Building Code shall install battery operated smoke detectors in such units within 90 days after the effective date of such ordinance."

Sec. 3.  Section 5.84 of the Charter of the Town of Carrboro, being Chapter 660, Session Laws of 1969 as rewritten by Section 3 of Chapter 753, Session Laws of 1969 is rewritten to read:

"Sec. 5.84. Zoning Board of Adjustment. The board of aldermen may create a board of adjustment in accordance with the provisions of Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes. Such board shall be subject to all the provisions of general law except that the board of aldermen may authorize the board of adjustment to decide any matter before it either (i) upon a vote of a majority of the members present at a meeting and not excused from voting, so long as a quorum consisting of at least six members is present, or (ii) upon a vote of a four-fifths majority of the members present at a meeting and not excused from voting, so long as a quorum consisting of at least six members is present."

Sec. 4.  No assessment for the paving of streets in the Town of Carrboro shall be deemed invalid by reason of the failure of the Town of Carrboro to comply with the provisions of Section 6.02(c) of Chapter 660 of the Session Laws of 1969 as amended by Chapter 753 of the Session Laws of 1979.  This validation shall apply only to paving completed on or before the effective date of this act.

Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of July, 1983.