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GENERAL ASSFNBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA _ _ - �' -�=w_ LION 19 9 <br />Senate Bill 766 Page 7 <br />Sec. 6. Part 3. of Article 18 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes is <br />- --• 2-amended by'adding a new section to read: - -•- -, _ _- _ - ' -- ` <br />3,.;F <br />153L-MU. yqgbg rights. <br />4 <br />(a) m find n 1 necessary it 1 <br />5 a, <br />mat public Roomy,. g Rrovid forte establishment of certain vested_E ghjs in <br />- 6 order <br />toe sure reasonable certaility stability, and fairness in the land -use planning <br />7 prgcess. <br />Iccure t as na 1 t i n r o f r rati n <br />$ 6etween <br />the li n d private sectors An—the of 1 1 nnin . <br />9 <br />rth r e- 1he Qencral Agembly rgcognizes that county A212roval of land -us <br />10 development <br />typically follows significant land caner investmen in site evaluation, <br />, <br />11 planning. <br />development costs consultant fees. and related related gx2gnses, <br />12 <br />The ability of a landowner to obtain a vestgd right-after county approval gf a site <br />13 <br />n lan will preserve the <br />14 grerogatives <br />and authority, of local elected offixials with_ resRect to land -gse matter$, <br />15 TheT§ <br />will bj am le gp2ortunities for Rublic participati and the lic jnjrrcst will <br />16 br, <br />Igryed. These grovisigns will strikC an apRrgVriate balance between 2rivate <br />17 e2Wectationk <br />and the gublig interest while scruj2ulgusj.y prgtectingy the publig health. <br />18 <br />f t and w lfare. <br />19 <br />(b) Definitions. <br />20 <br />`Landowner' means any owner of a legal or equitable interest _in <br />21 <br />real Rrouerty, including the heirs. devisees. successors. assigns, and <br />,.22 <br />- gersonal rSprese tative of such owner. The landowner may allow <br />23 <br />a gerson hglding, a v lid joRtign to Rjarchase act as hi agent r <br />24 <br />represent&tive for Rurposes gf submitting a gjrgposed kite speci fic <br />25 <br />develop.Lngnt 121an gr a 2hased develol2ment 121an nder t' <br />26 <br />seggion. in the manner allow rd by ordinance. <br />27 <br />�2,� `Cgunt,' shall have the same meaning as set forth in C.S. 153A- <br />28 <br />1l <br />29 <br />`Phased development plan' means a flan which _ _ has been <br />30 <br />submitted to a county by a _landowner for phased development <br />31 <br />which ghows th_We and intensity of use for a specific parcel or <br />32 <br />parcrls with a lesser degree f certainty than the 121an determined <br />33 <br />by the county to be a site specific deveiggmen_ plan. <br />34 <br />`Pr mrans all 1 props= subject zoning regulations <br />35 <br />and r st ' tions z ne boundaries by a counIL <br />38 <br />a ific dev 1 met an' meanj a -plan which has e <br />37 <br />submitted to a co] my by a landowner desc ibing_ with re�sszna 1P <br />38 <br />certaingy the type and intlnsity f r a =cific 1 or <br />39 <br />parc� els of progeny. Such plan may be in the form of, but not be- <br />40 <br />mited to any of the ollowin plans or approvals: A plannedu <br />41 <br />development gla . a subdivision plat, a prelimin&ry Qr general <br />_ <br />42 <br />development lg an. a conditional or special u <br />43 <br />Conditional or special use district zonins! mian_or any other land- <br />44 <br />usf, approval designation aS may be utiligrd by a county -Unless <br />Senate Bill 766 Page 7 <br />