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37 <br /> Grants for capital improvements Regulate licensed alcohol establishments <br /> ❑The League will support legislation to establish a ❑The League will seek legislation to enhance <br /> program to provide both matching and non-matching municipalities' ability to regulate inappropriate location <br /> grants based on ability to pay to municipalities for of licensed alcohol establishments. <br /> capital improvements planning to facilitate local <br /> economic growth. CDBG n <br /> fds rimaril <br /> primarily y for housing <br /> 0 The League will oppose legislation or <br /> Enhance downtown revitalization administrative actions which would alter the current <br /> O The League will support legislation which will allocation of federal Community Development Block <br /> enhance the effectiveness of downtown revitalization, Grant funds between housing-related purposes <br /> provided any measures involving local incentives be (approximately 80%) and economic development <br /> offered at the discretion of local governments. (20%). <br /> Land Use Planning Annexation <br /> Protect municipal zoning authority Protect municipal annexation authority <br /> 0 The League acknowledges the constitutional Q The League supports the existing state legislative <br /> obligations of government officials to respect private policy that sound urban development is essential for the <br /> property rights and urges municipal officials to be continued economic development of North Carolina <br /> mindful of those concerns.The League will oppose and supports the existing legislative framework for <br /> legislation that unreasonably restricts modification of extending municipal boundaries,which allows areas <br /> current zoning or requires municipalities to pay that are urban in character to be municipal and which <br /> monetary damages in connection with valid rezoning guarantees provision of essential services to citizens in <br /> actions. annexed areas. Municipalities are encouraged to <br /> develop annexation policy as part of the planning <br /> Regulate outdoor advertising process and to use the authority to annex in a fair and <br /> 0 The League will support legislation to clarify and reasonable manner. The League will continue to <br /> enhance the authority of municipalities to regulate oppose changes in the law, either statewide or local, <br /> outdoor advertising signs, but will oppose legislation which would weaken the present annexation procedures <br /> to restrict further the authority of local officials to or restrict annexation authority. The League will <br /> regulate outdoor advertising and require removal of oppose new incorporations which are primarily for the <br /> purpose of preventing annexation by an existing <br /> nonconforming signs by amortization. municipality. <br /> Manufactured housing zoning authority <br /> ❑The League will oppose additional legislation Review of new incorporations <br /> concerning local zoning treatment of manufactured 0 The League will support legislation or rules <br /> housing since these decisions are most appropriately changes to require review and recommendation by the <br /> made at the local level. In addition, the League urges Joint Commission on Municipal Incorporation before <br /> its membership in the strongest possible terms to municipal incorporation proposals are considered by <br /> reexamine land use practices to assure compliance with <br /> the General Assembly. <br /> applicable statutes and case law, and consider <br /> allocating more residential land area for manufactured <br /> homes based upon local housing needs. <br /> 10 11 <br />