GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999

SENATE BILL 702
RATIFIED BILL

AN ACT TO ALLOW RESTORATION OF ZONING AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN OF MATTHEWS AS TO CERTAIN PROPERTY IF MECKLENBURG COUNTY DISPOSES OF IT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 4 of Chapter 161 of the 1991 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 4.  The authority granted by this act shall not be exercised with respect to the property acquired by Mecklenburg County from Hazeline Massey, tax parcel number 215-062-02; the property acquired by Mecklenburg County from National Facilities Corporation, tax parcel number 215-081-15; or the property acquired by Mecklenburg County from Lester H. Yandle Jr., tax parcel numbers 215-062-01 and 215-061-06.  As owner and user of the property exempted in this section, Mecklenburg County shall not cause the elevation of the property to be increased more than 25 feet above the highest point existing on the property on the date of ratification of this act, unless the increase is approved in a resolution adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Matthews.  This section does not apply to any property when it is sold or otherwise disposed of by Mecklenburg County.  The Town of Matthews may adopt, in accordance with law, a zoning classification for the property at any time, but such classification shall not become effective until the property is sold or disposed of by Mecklenburg County."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of May, 1999.

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	Dennis A. Wicker
	President of the Senate

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	James B. Black
				eaker of the House of Representatives