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1 • <br /> • <br /> ) . • <br /> - Planning and Regulation of Development <br /> ORGA.NlZkT1c x MTh 3DR1SDICTION - <br /> Chapter 160A. . <br /> Cities and Tomas:. <br /> A TIC..E 19. <br /> • <br /> Punning and Regulation of Development <br /> • <br /> - part 1. General provisions. . <br /> ~ f 360A-360. Territorial jurisdiction.--ta)MI of the powers granted by this <br /> Articie 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 pcnuiation <br /> but less than 25.000 may exercise these powers over an area extending not more <br /> •than two miles beyond its iimits.and a city of 25.00D or more population may <br /> exercise these powers over an area extending not more than three miles beyond <br /> its limits. The poundaries of the dri•'s extraterritorial jurisdiction shall be the • <br /> same for all powers conferred in this Article. No city may exercise <br /> extraterriutrialiy any power conferred by this Article that u. is not exercising <br /> Within its corporate limits. in determining the population of a city for the _ <br /> purposes of bits pxtic c,the city council anti the board of count' commissioners <br /> may use the most recent annual estimate of Population as certified by the•• Setreta.-y of the North Carolina Department of Administration, . <br /> - .. "...I bt Anr council u ishine to exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction under this <br /> - Article shall aonpt..and may amend Crum time to time.an ordinance spewif;►inz <br /> the areas.to be inelutie'd based upon existinr or projected urban de+•eiooment. <br /> _ : and areas of critical cnneern to the city. as evidenced by officially adopted <br /> • plan;far its development.Boundaries shall he defined.to the extent feasible. in <br /> te:-msof eeosrraahirdl features identifiable un the around. A council mar, it its }. <br /> _::47.-discretion. exclude from its extraterritorial jurisdiction areas 11'ine in another. _ <br /> ruunty. areas separated front the city by barriers to urban reowl;.o;areas <br /> whose-projected-deyeion et:t-wilt hare minimal i;:na on the cirr. The — <br /> btauhdaries Specified in the ordinance shy. <br /> Il at all times he drawn on z mar..set . __ <br /> - . . fora) in a written ttr.srripiior Or shown by 2 cam ination of these technicues. <br /> _ This deiineztit,n shall be maintained in the manner aruvitied in GS. 360A..•.2- <br /> :-for the delineation of the corporate limits.and shall be recd <br /> : 'the resister of ded <br /> t �of each roomy in which any portion of the a in the office of <br /> r _ - <br /> ` <br /> act Where into exiratirr tetrial iurl':riiction of Two or more cities.ateriar,{, the - <br /> ' ; jut isdietioral tvuoaaey between them shall he a line cttnnectinc the midwa • <br /> - twines of the t•yerai)pint.' area Jnit•5c thy city councils awree to another <br /> • <br /> - - <br /> • <br /> • Fe;7 <br /> • <br />