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37 <br />§ 160A 58.54. Character of area to be annexed. <br />(a) A municipal governing board may extend the municipal corporate limits to include any area that meets all of the following criteria: <br />(1) It shall be adjacent or contiguous to the municipality's boundaries at the time the annexation proceeding is begun, except if the entire <br />territory of a county water and sewer district created under G.S. 162A 86(b I) is being annexed, the annexation shall also include any noncon- <br />tiguous pieces of the district as long as the part of the district with the greatest land area is adjacent or contiguous to the municipality's bound- <br />aries at the time the annexation proceeding is begun. <br />(2) At least one - eighth of the aggregate external boundaries of the area shall coincide with the municipal boundary. <br />(3) No part of the area shall be included within the boundary of another incorporated municipality. <br />(4) The total area to be annexed shall meet the requirements of any of the following_ <br />a. Part or all of the area to be annexed must be developed for urban purposes at the time of approval of the report <br />provided for in G.S. 160A 58.53. The area of streets and street rights of way shall not be used to determine total acreage <br />under this subdivision. An area developed for urban purposes is defined as any area which meets any one of the fol- <br />lowing standards: <br />3. Is so developed that at least sixty percent (60 %) of the total number of lots and tracts in the area at the <br />time of annexation are used for residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, or governmental purposes, and is <br />subdivided into lots and tracts such that at least sixty percent (60 %) of the total acreage, not counting the acreage <br />used at the time of annexation for commercial, industrial, governmental, or institutional purposes, consists of lots <br />and tracts three acres or less in size. <br />Town of Chapel Hill <br />(1) Adjacent or Contiguous to Town of Chapel Hill <br />Corporate Limits <br />a� <br />9r Durham <br />Chapel Hill`�J <br />�arrboroo� <br />r "o <br />4 _ �p <br />r <br />(3) No Part within boundary of another incorporated <br />municipality <br />Town of Chapel Hill <br />50% coincides <br />v <br />;2) 1/2 of Boundary coincident with Municipal <br />Boundary <br />1 100 % Lots used for <br />' <br />residential, commericial <br />institutional, <br />governmental <br />purposes. <br />,418.9 Total Acres <br />Residential Land <br />-- <br />293.5/418.9=70 <br />Nt t. <br />(4) a. 3. Developed for Urban Purposes <br />