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Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_160A > GS_160A-538_1§ 160A‑538.1. Reduction of service districts.
(a) Upon finding that there is no longer a need to includewithin a particular service district any certain tract or parcel of land, thecity council may by resolution redefine a service district by removing therefromany tract or parcel of land which it has determined need no longer be includedin said district. The city council shall hold a public hearing before adoptinga resolution removing any tract or parcel of land from a district. Notice ofthe hearing shall state the date, hour and place of the hearing, and itssubject, and shall be published at least once not less than one week before thedate of the hearing.
(b) The removal of any tract or parcel of land from any servicedistrict shall take effect at the end of a fiscal year following passage of theresolution, as determined by the city council.
(c) (For applicability seenote) A service district which at the time of its creation had thesame boundaries as an historic district created under Part 3A of Article 19 ofthis Chapter may only have its boundaries reduced to exclude territory whichhas been removed from the historic district. (1977, c. 775, s. 3; 1987, c. 621, s. 3.)
