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256 <br /> 1.10 hirundar, it r rt' an a rya-e•d urw,n existing or projected <br /> pattern-of deg, . i4ilirlit•n1 <br /> rdi If a city fails t, adopt an nrdinancc specifyinit the houndarres of its <br /> extraterritorial iuri-.riirtirrn. the count% of %e•hiCh it i. a hart shall he authorized <br /> to exercise the powers granted by this Article in any area beyond the city's <br /> corporate limits. The county may also, on request of the city council, exercise <br /> any or all these powers in any or all areas lying within the city's corporate <br /> limits or within the city's specified area of extraterritorial jurisdiction. <br /> tel No city may hereafter extend its extraterritorial powers under this <br /> Article into any area for which the county at that time has adopted and is <br /> enforcing a zoning ordinance and subdivision regulations and within which it is <br /> enforcing the State Building Code. However, the city may do so where the <br /> county is not exercising all three of these powers, or when the city and the <br /> county have agreed upon the area within which each will exercise the powers <br /> conferred by this Article. <br /> (f) When a city annexes, or a new city is incorporated in, or a city extends its <br /> jurisdiction to include, an area that is currently being regulated by the county, <br /> the county regulations and powers of enforcement shall remain in effect until <br /> (i) the city has adopted such regulations, or (ii) a period of 60 days has elapsed <br /> following the annexation, extension or incorporation, whichever is sooner. <br /> During this period the city may hold hearings and take any other measures that <br /> may be required in order to adopt its regulations for the area. <br /> (h) When a city relinquishes jurisdiction over an area that it is regulating <br /> under this Article to a county, the city regulations and powers of enforcement <br /> shall remain in effect until (1) the county has adopted this regulation or (ii) a <br /> period of 60 days has elapsed following the action by which the city relinguished <br /> turisdiction, whichever is sooner. During this period the county may hold <br /> hearings and take other measures that may be required in order to adopt its <br /> regulations for the area. <br /> (g) When a local government is granted powers by this section subject to the <br /> request, approval, or agreement of another local government, the request. <br /> approval, or agreement shall be evidenced by a formally adopted resolution of <br /> that government's legislative body. Any such request. approval, or agreement <br /> can be rescinded upon two years' written notice to the other legislative bodies <br /> concerned by repealing the resolution. The resolution may be modified at any <br /> time by mutual agreement of the legislative bodies concerned. <br /> (h) Nothing in this section shall repeal, modify, or amend any local act <br /> which defines the boundaries of a city's extraterritorial jurisdiction by metes <br /> and bounds or courses and distances. <br /> (i) Whenever a city or county, pursuant to this section. acquires jurisdiction <br /> over a territory that theretofore has been subject to the jurisdiction of another <br /> local government, any person who has acquired vested rights under a permit, <br /> • certificate, or other evidence of compliance issued by the local government <br /> surrendering jurisdiction may exercise those rights as if no chance of <br /> jurisdiction had occurred. The city or county acquiring jurisdiction may take <br /> any action regarding such a permit, certificate. or other evidence of compliance <br /> that could have been taken by the local government surrendering jurisdiction <br /> pursuant to its ordinances and regulations. Except as provided in this <br /> subsection, any building. structure, nr other land use in a territory over which <br /> a city or county has acquired jurisdiction is subject to the ordinances and <br /> • --' - • regulations of the city or county. <br /> (ji l.epeaied by Sessior. Laws 1973. c. 669, s. 1. (1959. c. 1204: 1961, c. 103; c. <br /> 54E. ss. 1, 1'/a; c. 1217; 19M,ec.519. 889, 1076, 1105; 1965, c. 121; c. 346, s. 2: c. <br /> 450,s. 1: c.. 864,as. 3-6; 1967.cc. 15, 22, 149; c. 197,a.2; cc.246, 685;c. 120$.s. 3; <br /> 1969, cc. 11, 53; c. 1010.s.5:c. 1099: 1971, c.69€,s. 1; c. 1076,s. 3; 1973, c.426,s. • <br /> 56:t.525:L. 669,s. 1.1 <br /> 160A-361. Planning agency. -- Any city may by ordinance create or <br /> designate one or more agencies to perform the following duties: <br /> (1) Make studies of the area within its jurisdiction and surrounding areas: <br /> (2) Determine objectives to sought in the development of the study <br /> area: <br /> 1977 <br />