GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 468

Short Title:  Winston-Salem/Forsyth Assessments.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Senators Horton; and Garrou.

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Referred to:  Finance.

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March 23, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT CONCERNING CORNER LOT ASSESSMENT EXEMPTIONS BY THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM AND FORSYTH COUNTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 160A-219 reads as rewritten:
"§ 160A-219. Corner lot exemptions.
The council shall have authority to establish schedules of exemptions from assessments for corner lots when a project is undertaken along both sides of such lots. The schedules of exemptions shall be based on categories of land use (residential, commercial, industrial, or agricultural) and shall be uniform for each category. The schedule of exemptions may provide for exemption of up to seventy-five percent (75%) of the frontage of any side of a corner lot, or 200 feet, whichever is greater."
Section 2.  This act applies only to the City of Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, and the City/County Utility Commission of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, and to any property served by any of them.
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.