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095 - <br /> Planning and Regulation of Development <br /> ORGANIZATION AND JURISDICTION <br /> Chapter 160A. <br /> Cities and Towns. <br /> ARTICLE 19. <br /> Planning and Regulation of Development. <br /> - Part 1. General Provisions. <br /> _.,:. <br /> § 160A-360. Territorial jurisdiction.—(a)All of the powers granted by this <br /> Article may be exercised by any city within its corporate limits. In addition, any <br /> city may exercise these powers within a defined area extending not more than <br /> one mile beyond its limits. With the approval of the board or boards of county <br /> commissioners with jurisdiction over the area,a city of 10,000 or more population <br /> but less than 25,000 may exercise these powers over an area extending not more <br /> than two miles beyond its limits and a city of 25,000 or more population may <br /> exercise these powers over an area extending not more than three miles beyond <br /> its limits. The boundaries of the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction shall be the <br /> same for all powers conferred in this Article. No city may exercise <br /> extraterritorially any power conferred by this Article that it is not exercising <br /> within its corporate limits. In determining the population of a city for the <br /> purposes of this Article, the city council and the board of county commissioners <br /> may use the most recent annual estimate of population as certified by the <br /> Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Administration. <br /> (b► Any council wishing to exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction under this <br /> Article shall adopt, and may amend from time to time, an ordinance specifying <br /> the areas to be included based upon existing or projected urban development <br /> and areas of critical concern to the city, as evidenced by officially adopted <br /> plans for its development. Boundaries shall he defined, to the extent feasible, in <br /> terms of geographical features identifiable on the ground. A council may. in its <br /> discretion, exclude from its extraterritorial jurisdiction areas lying in another <br /> county, areas separated from the city by barriers to urban growth, or areas <br /> whose projected development will have minimal impact on the city. The <br /> boundaries specified in the ordinance shall at all times be drawn on a map, set <br /> forth in a written description, or shown by a combination of these techniques. <br /> This delineation shall be maintained in the manner provided in G.S. 160A-22 <br /> for the delineation of the corporate limits, and shall be recorded in the office of <br /> the register of deeds of each county in which any portion of the area lies. <br /> ic) Where the extraterritorial jurisdiction of two or more cities overlaps, the <br /> jurisdictional boundary between them shall he a line connecting the midway <br /> points of the overlapping area unless the city councils agree to another <br /> 1977 <br />