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16 <br /> to G.S. 160A-193. However, a city's power to regulate land use pursuant to Chapter 160A,Article 19, or to abate <br /> public health nuisances pursuant to G.S. 160A-193, shall be the same within satellite corporate limits as within <br /> its primary corporate limits. (1973, c. 1173, s. 2.) <br /> For the purposes of G.S. 160A-314, provision of public enterprise services within satellite corporate limits <br /> shall be considered provision of service for special classes of service distinct from the classes of service provided <br /> within the primary corporate limits of the city, and the city may fix and enforce schedules of rents, rates, fees, <br /> charges and penalties in excess of those fixed and enforced within the primary corporate limits. A city providing <br /> enterprise services within satellite corporate limits shall annually review the cost thereof, and shall take such steps <br /> as may be necessary to insure that the current operating costs of such services, excluding debt service on bonds <br /> issued to finance services within satellite corporate limits, does not exceed revenues realized therefrom. (1973, c. <br /> 1173, s. 2.) <br /> § 160A-58.6. Transition from satellite to primary corporate Rini <br /> An area annexed pursuant to this Part ceases to constitute satellite corporate limits and becomes a part of the <br /> primary corporate limits of a city when, through annexation of intervening territory, the two boundaries <br /> touch. (1973, c. 1173, s. 2.) <br /> . Annexation of municipal property. <br /> (a) The city council may initiate annexation of property not contiguous to the primary corporate <br /> limits and owned by the city by adopting a resolution stating its intent to annex the property, in lieu of <br /> filing a petition. The property must satisfy the requirements of G.S. 160A-58.1. The resolution shall <br /> contain an adequate description of the property and fix a date for a public hearing on the question of <br /> annexation. Notice of the public hearing shall be published once at least 10 days before the date of the <br /> hearing. At the hearing, any resident of the city may appear and be heard on the question of the <br /> desirability of the annexation. If the council finds that annexation is in the public interest, it may adopt <br /> an ordinance annexing the property. The ordinance may be made effective immediately or on any <br /> specified date within six months from the date of passage. <br /> (b) A city has no authority to adopt a resolution or petition itself under this Part for annexation of <br /> property it does not own or have any legal interest in. For the purpose of this subsection, a city has no <br /> legal interest in a State-maintained street unless it owns the underlying fee and not just an <br /> easement. (1987, c. 562, s. 2; 2011-57, s. 2.) <br /> kJ60 and Reportin� <br /> Annexations made under this part shall be recorded and reported in the same manner as under G.S. 160A- <br /> 29. (1987, c. 879, s. 4.) <br />