North Carolina SB 314: Eliminate ETJ Overlap.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 314

Short Title: Eliminate ETJ Overlap. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Moffitt and Jarvis (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
March 18, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO ELIMINATE THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTIONS OF CITIES IN 2
COUNTIES WITH ZONING REGULATIONS TO PREVENT REGULATORY 3
OVERLAP AND STREAMLINE LAND USE DECISIONS. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. G.S. 160D-202 reads as rewritten: 6
"§ 160D-202. Municipal extraterritorial jurisdiction. 7
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(a1) Limitation on Authority. – Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, no city shall 9
exercise the powers granted to cities under this Chapter beyond its contiguous corporate limits 10
in a county that has adopted a zoning or unified development ordinance. 11
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(c) County Approval of City Jurisdiction. – Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this 13
section, no city may extend its extraterritorial powers into any area for which the county has 14
adopted and is enforcing county zoning and subdivision regulations. However, the city may do 15
so where the county is not exercising both of these powers, or when the city and the county have 16
agreed upon the area within which each will exercise the powers conferred by this Chapter. No 17
city may extend its extraterritorial powers beyond one mile from its corporate limits without the 18
approval of the board or boards of county commissioners with jurisdiction over the area. 19
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SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 21