GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2007

 

 

SESSION LAW 2007-316

SENATE BILL 19

 

 

AN ACT TO make a technical correction to the description of THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE NASH-ROCKY MOUNT SCHOOL administrative unit AND THE EDGECOMBE COUNTY public school system.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  Section 3.1 of Chapter 391 of the 1991 Session Laws, as added by Section 4 of S.L. 2003-346, reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 3.1. Except as follows, the county line between Nash and Edgecombe Counties shall be the boundary line between the Nash-Rocky Mount School Administrative Unit and the Edgecombe County Public School System (as renamed by S.L. 2003-125):

Beginning in southeast Rocky Mount the boundary between the two school units shall go east from the county line at the intersection of Kingston Avenue and Sutton Road, following Little Cokey Swamp Creek to Old Wilson Road, then north on Old Wilson Road to its intersection with Proctor Street, then diagonally northeast from the intersection of Old Wilson Road and Proctor Street across undeveloped land to the intersection of Cokey Road and Pitt Street, then northwest on Cokey Road to the Norfolk Railroad tracks, then east along the railroad tracks to Glendale Avenue, then north on South Glendale Avenue to its intersection with Melody Lane, then east on Melody Lane to its intersection with Ashland Avenue, then north on Ashland Avenue to its intersection with Rosewood Avenue, then east on Rosewood Avenue to its intersection with Courtland Avenue, then north on Courtland Avenue to its intersection with Vernon Road, then east on Vernon Road to its intersection with Meadowbrook Road, then northwest on Meadowbrook Road to its intersection with Business US64 (North Raleigh Street), then west on Business US64 (North Raleigh Street) to its intersection with Stokes Street, then north on Stokes Street to its intersection with King Circle, then east and north on King Circle to its intersection with Barnes Street, then north on Barnes Street to its intersection with Charter Drive, then east on Charter Drive to its intersection with Anne Street, then north on Anne Street to its intersection with Cherry Street, then east on Cherry Street to its intersection with Harper Street, then north on Harper Street to its intersection with Leggett Road, then west and southwest on Leggett Road to the underpass at Bypass US64, then west on Bypass US64 to the Nash-Edgecombe County line. The county line between Nash and Edgecombe Counties shall be the boundary between the Nash-Rocky Mount School District and the Edgecombe County School District, except for the following area of Rocky Mount, located in Edgecombe County, which shall be part of the Nash-Rocky Mount School District:

Beginning at a point in southern Rocky Mount, such point being more accurately described as the point where the county boundary, being the center of the CSX Railroad right-of-way intersects the centerline of the road named Kingston Avenue on the Nash County side, designated as SR 1727 and named Sutton Road on the Edgecombe County side, designated as SR 1157, said roads constituting a single roadway named and numbered differently in each county.

From said POINT OF BEGINNING, thence continuing eastward along the centerline of Sutton Road to the point where the run of Little Cokey Swamp Creek runs under the road, thence following the run of Little Cokey Swamp Creek to the point where the creek runs under Old Wilson Road, SR 1002, thence continuing northward along the centerline of Old Wilson Road to its intersection with Proctor Street (formerly Davis Street), thence following the centerline of Proctor Street eastward a distance of approximately 180 feet to a point where the western property line of Lot 7, Block A, of the subdivision as shown on "Map Showing Subdivision of the W-R-Proctor Property, Located in South Rocky Mount, Edgecomb (sic) County NC" dated April 1923, on record in the Edgecombe County Register of Deeds filed in Map Book 2, Page 44, the point being where said western property line of Lot 7, Block A, if extended in a southerly direction would intersect the centerline of Proctor Street (shown on said map as Davis Street). Thence in a northerly direction following said line along the western boundary of Lot 7, Block A and the eastern boundary of Lots 1-6 of Block A to a point, being the northwest corner of Lot 7, Block A and the northeast corner of Lot 1, Block A of said subdivision, cornering and following the northern boundary of said subdivision in an easterly direction to an iron marking the northeast corner of Lot 1, Block G, of the same subdivision.

From this description, all of the subdivision shown in Map Book 2, Page 44 Edgecombe County Public Registry shall be in the Edgecombe County School District with the exception of Lots 1-6 of Block A, with addresses in the 1500-block of Old Wilson Road, which shall be in the Nash-Rocky Mount School District.

From said northeast corner of Lot 1, Block G, as previously noted, thence cornering northwesterly along the eastern boundary of that property now or formerly belonging to the Trustees of the East Rocky Mount Church of God as described in Deed Book 840, Page 355, Edgecombe County Public Registry, to the southeast corner of Lot 7 as shown on "Map of Aqua Court" dated February 29, 1972, on record in the Edgecombe County Register of Deeds filed in Map Book 16, Page 36. Thence continuing northwesterly along the eastern line of Lot 7 to a point, being the western corner of Lot 3 and southern corner of Lot 2, as shown on the 1909 Survey of J.J. Wells entitled "Property of Hargrove Heirs", on record in the Edgecombe County Register of Deeds filed in Map Book 3, Page 492, thence northeasterly along the common line between Lots 2 and 3 and continuing along that line, if extended, to the centerline of Cokey Road (SR 1164), cornering and following the centerline of Cokey Road to its intersection with the CSX Railroad Line running toward Tarboro.

From this description, all of the properties addressed on the even-numbered side of Cokey Road in the 1100 and 1200 blocks are in the Nash-Rocky Mount School District and those properties addressed on the odd-numbered side of Cokey Road, plus all properties in the 1300 block and higher are in the Edgecombe County School District.

From said point where the centerline of Cokey Road intersects the centerline of the CSX Railroad, thence following the centerline of the CSX Railroad, crossing Pitt St., S. Fairview Road, and S. Glendale Drive, to a point where the eastern boundary of the subdivision "Kenwood Park Section V" on record in the Edgecombe County Register of Deeds filed in Plat Cabinet 2, Slides 83a-b, if extended southward, would intersect the centerline of the CSX Railroad, cornering, thence along the eastern boundary of said subdivision, across Eastern Avenue and continuing along the eastern boundary of an earlier section of Kenwood Park dated April 7, 1956, on record in the Edgecombe County Register of Deeds filed in Map Book 11, Page 5, to a point in the eastern boundary of Lot 6, Block F, Kenwood Park, also being the southwest corner of a lot described in Deed Book 1114, Page 825, Edgecombe County Public Registry, addressed as 1729 Rosewood Avenue. Thence eastward along the southern boundary of 1729 Rosewood Avenue, described in the aforementioned deed, and the southern boundary of 1737 Rosewood Avenue as described in Deed Book 994, Page 423 ECPR, and across Dreaver Street to the southwest corner of Lot 1, Block A of "Property Developed by D.T. Powell & Sons" subdivision according to a map dated November 30,1955 by Fred Dasher, on record in the Edgecombe County Register of Deeds filed in Map Book 10, Page 59. Thence eastward along the southern boundary of said subdivision to the centerline of Courtland Avenue, cornering and following the centerline of Courtland Avenue to its intersection with the centerline of Vernon Road, turning east on Vernon and following the centerline of Vernon Road to its intersection with Meadowbrook Road. From said intersection of Vernon Road and Meadowbrook Road, continuing in a northwesterly direction along the centerline of Meadowbrook Road (SR 1232) to its intersection with North Raleigh St. (US Highway 64 Business).

From this description, all properties on the north side of Vernon Road terminating with its intersection with Meadowbrook Road are in the Nash-Rocky Mount School District and all properties on the south side of Vernon Road between its intersection with Courtland Avenue and its intersection with Meadowbrook Road are in the Edgecombe County School District. All addresses on the east side of Meadowbrook in the 1900 block or greater of Meadowbrook Road, plus the properties addressed in the 2000 block or greater of each road crossing Courtland Avenue and located south of Vernon Road are in the Edgecombe County School District.

From the intersection of Meadowbrook Road and North Raleigh St., thence along the centerline of North Raleigh St. (US Highway 64 Business) to the western line, if extended, of the property known as 1740 N. Raleigh St., now or formerly belonging to Showers of Blessing Christian Center as described in Deed Book 1148, page 743, ECPR, cornering and following the western boundary of 1740 N. Raleigh St. in a northerly direction, that same line after a distance also being the eastern boundary of the Mayview Subdivision, as described in Map Book 13, Page 44 and Map Book 14, Page 66, ECPR to Virginia Street, thence continuing northerly along the eastern boundary of "Map of Property of Edgecombe Storage Corp. as described in Map Book 12, Page 65 ECPR, thence continuing in a northerly direction along the eastern boundary of various sections of the Hillsdale Subdivision as shown in Map Book 5, Page 16, Map Book 10, Page 11, and Map Book 12, Page 83 ECPR, but stopping at the northeast corner of lot 395, Hillsdale, 4th Addition (Map Book 12, Page 83), and cornering, thence heading in a westerly direction along the northern line of lot 395, also being the southern line of lots 393 and 394 and continuing along said line to the centerline of Harper Street, cornering thence in a northerly direction along the centerline of Harper Street to its intersection with the centerline of Leggett Road (SR 1243).

From the intersection of Harper Street and Leggett Road, thence going in a southeasterly direction along the centerline of Leggett Road (SR 1243) to a point midway between the bridges of the eastbound and westbound lanes of the US Highway 64 Freeway, cornering, thence in a westerly direction along the center of the US Highway 64 Freeway median to the Nash County Line (being the center of the CSX Railroad Right-of-Way), cornering, thence in a southerly direction along the Edgecombe-Nash County Line to the POINT OF BEGINNING."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30th day of July, 2007.

 

 

                                                                    s/ Marc Basnight

                                                                         President Pro Tempore of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/ Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives