NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 259

HOUSE BILL 711

 

AN ACT TO PERMIT THE CITY OF GREENVILLE TO LEASE TO THE PITT-GREENVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INC., CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF GREENE AND THIRD STREETS IN GREENVILLE.  

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. The City of Greenville owns real property hereinafter described and on which is located a home in need of repair but worthy of rehabilitation and renovation for historic preservation and use, said real property being described as follows:

Lying and being situate in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: That certain tract or parcel of land known as the Winstead-Fleming House located at the corner of Greene and Third Streets and more specifically described as being that tract of land as follows: BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the inside edge of the sidewalk on the west side of Greene Street with the inside edge of the sidewalk on the south side of West Third Street, and running thence along and with the inside edge of the concrete sidewalk on the west side of Greene Street, South 18 deg. 35 min. West 132.46 feet, cornering; thence running North 71 deg. 33 min. West 125.59 feet to a point, cornering; running thence North 17 deg. 52 min. East 130.84 feet to a point in the inside edge of the concrete sidewalk on the south side of West Third Street; thence running South 72 deg. 16 min. East along and with the inside edge of the concrete sidewalk on the south side of West Third Street, 127.33 feet to the point of the beginning.

Sec. 2. The City of Greenville is authorized to enter into a lease with Pitt-Greenville Chamber of Commerce, Inc., concerning the property described in Section 1 of this act without compliance with Article 12 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes of North Carolina, and which lease may contain such terms and such provisions as shall be approved by the City of Greenville and which may include a term in excess of 10 years, provided the City Council of the City of Greenville determines that: (i) the Pitt-Greenville Chamber of Commerce, Inc., shall make sufficient renovations for restoration and maintenance of the property and (ii) that such lease is in the best interest of the City of Greenville. The property shall be leased pursuant to a resolution of the Council authorizing the execution of the lease adopted at a regular Council meeting upon 10 days' public notice. Notice shall be given by publication describing the property to be leased or rented, stating the annual rental or lease payments, and announcing the Council's intent to authorize the lease or rental at its next regular meeting.

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of April, 1981.