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24 <br />GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA <br />SESSION 2011 <br />SESSION LAW 2011-384 <br />HOUSE BILL 806 <br />AN ACT CHANGING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS AND REPOSE FOR <br />CHALLENGING ZONING ORDINANCES, CLARIFYING THE APPLICABILITY OF <br />THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS TO ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS OR <br />ADMINISTRATIVE .APPEALS, AND TO PROHIBIT SPECIFIED ZONING <br />ORDINANCES AFFECTING SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL USES <br />ON LOTS GREATER THAN TEN ACRES IN AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICTS. <br />The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: <br />SECTION 1. G.S. 1-54 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read: <br />"10 <br />SECTION 2. G.S. 1-54.1 reads as rewritten: <br />"§ 1-54.1. Two months. <br />Within two months an action contesting the validity of any zeni~g-ordinance adopting or <br />amending a zoning man or ap rp OVlrig a special use conditional use or conditional zoning <br />district rezoning request win°^^~°^* *~°-°*^ ~ueYted b; a v~u=~~under Part 3 of Article 18 of <br />Chapter 153A of the GeneraljStatutes~jvjv~ or Part <br />3 of Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes or other applicable law. Such an action <br />accrues upon adoption of such ordinance or amendment." <br />SECTION 3. G.S. 153A-348 reads as rewritten: <br />"§ 153A-348. Statute of limitations. <br />~ A cause of action as to the validity of any zcz~:a~g--er-~m$i~Ewr-ari=ciranx~zr~tn~-rccv, <br />ordinance adopting or amending a zoning map or approving a special use conditional use or <br />conditional zoning district rezonin request adopted under this Part or other applicable law <br />shall accrue upon adoption of ~° ^,.a:~°~°°, ^~ .r°~am°~* *~°r°*^, such ordinance and shall be <br />brought within two months as provided in G.S. 1-54.1. <br />1111111111 <br />