NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 85

HOUSE BILL 296

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF GREENSBORO, AS REVISED AND REORGANIZED BY CHAPTER 1137 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1959, AS AMENDED.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 4.128 of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, as set forth in Section 7, Chapter 42 of the Session Laws of 1965, is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph at the end of subsection (a) to read as follows:

"The city council may, by duly enacted ordinance, delegate and assign to the Greensboro Planning Board, the authority to release or quitclaim any rights the city may have in any water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer easements or any other right-of-way except street right-of-way. However, the Planning Board shall not authorize a release or quitclaim of any of the city's rights in an easement until the city manager and city attorney report in writing that the city has no further need for such right-of-way or easement for this particular improvement or for any other public purpose and that the easement or right-of-way should be abandoned. All release deeds shall be duly executed on behalf of the City of Greensboro by the mayor and city clerk."

Sec. 2.  Section 7.21 of the Charter of the City of Greensboro, as set forth in Section 24, Chapter 686 of the Session Laws of 1961, is hereby amended by deleting the words and figures "one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)" as they appear in the first sentence and by substituting in lieu thereof the words and figures "five thousand dollars ($5,000.00)".

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of March, 1977.