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9 <br /> § 160A-355 CH. 160A. CITIES AND TOWNS § 160A-360 <br /> § 160A-355. Joint parks and recreation systems. <br /> An p two or more unit:-, of local government may cooperate in <br /> establishing parks and recreation systems as authorized in Article <br /> 20, Part 1, of this Chapter. (1945, c. 1052, 1967, c. 1228; 1971, c. <br /> 698, s. 1.) <br /> § 160A-3-56. Financing parks and recreation. <br /> Each county and city is authorized to expend for its parks and <br /> recreation system any of its revenues not otherwise limited as to <br /> use by law. (1945, c. 1052; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1975, c. 664, s. 12.) <br /> § 160A-357: Repealed by Session Laws 1975, c. 664, s. 13. <br /> §§ 160A-358, 160A-359: Reserved for future codification pur- <br /> poses. 1 <br /> ARTICLE 19. <br /> Planning and Regulation of Development. <br /> Part 1. General Provisions. <br /> § 160A-360. Territorial jurisdiction. <br /> (a) All of the powers granted by this Article may be exercised by <br /> any city within its corporate limits. In addition, any city may exer- <br /> cise these powers within a defined area extending not more than <br /> one mile beyond its limits. With the approval of the board or boards <br /> of county commissioners with jurisdiction over the area, a city of <br /> 10,000 or more population but less than 25,000 may exercise these <br /> powers over an area extending not more than two miles beyond its <br /> limits and a city of 25,000 or more population may exercise these <br /> Fers over an area extending not more than three miles beyond its <br /> limits. The boundaries of the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction <br /> shall be the same for all powers conferred in this Article. No city <br /> may exercise extraterritorial I y any power conferred by this Article <br /> that it is not exercising within its corporate limits. In determining <br /> the population of a city for the purposes of this Article, the city <br /> council and the board of county commissioners may use the most <br /> recent annual estimate of population as certified by the Secretary of <br /> the North Carolina Department of Administration. <br /> (b) Any council wishing to exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction <br /> under this Article shall adopt, and may amend from time to time, <br /> an ordinance specifying the areas to be included based upon exist- <br /> ing or projected urban development and areas of critical concern to <br /> the city, as evidenced by officially adopted plans for its develop- <br /> ment. Boundaries shall be defined, to the extent feasible, in terms <br /> of geographical features identifiable on the ground. A council may, <br /> in its discretion, exclude from its extraterritorial jurisdiction areas <br /> lying in another county, areas separated from the city by barriers to <br /> urban growth, or areas whose projected development will have min- <br />