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NC Gen Stat § 160A-490.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 21 - Miscellaneous.|§ 160A-490.1 - SBI and State Crime Laboratory access to view and analyze recordings.

 160A-490.1. SBI and State Crime Laboratory access to view and analyze recordings.The local law enforcement agency of any city that uses the services of the State Bureau of Investigation or the North Carolina State Crime Laboratory to analyze a recording covered by G.S. 132-1.4A shall, at no cost, provide access to a method to view and analyze the recording upon request of the State Bureau of Investigation or the North Carolina State Crime Laboratory.  (2016-88, s. 2(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-491 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 21 - Miscellaneous.|§ 160A-491 - Powers in connection with beach erosion.

 160A-491. Powers in connection with beach erosion.[All cities shall have the power] to levy taxes and appropriate tax or nontax funds for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, extension, maintenance, improvement, or enlargement of groins, jetties, dikes, moles, walls, sand dunes, vegetation, or other types of works or improvements which are designed for the control of beach erosion or for protection from hurricane floods and for the preservation or restoration of facilities or natural features which afford protection to the beaches or other land areas of the municipalities or to the life and property thereon. (1971, c. 896, s. 5; c. 1159, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-492 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 21 - Miscellaneous.|§ 160A-492 - Human relations, community action and manpower development programs.

 160A-492. Human relations, community action and manpower development programs.The governing body of any city, town, or county is hereby authorized to undertake, and to expend tax or nontax funds for, human relations, community action and manpower development programs. In undertaking and engaging in such programs, the governing body may enter into contracts with and accept loans and grants from the State or federal governments. The governing body may appoint such human relations, community action and manpower development committees or boards and citizens' committees, as it may deem necessary in carrying out such programs and activities, and may authorize the employment of personnel by such committees or boards, and may establish their duties, responsibilities, and powers. The cities and counties may jointly undertake any program or activity which they are authorized to undertake by this section. The expenses of undertaking and engaging in the human relations, community action and manpower development programs and activities authorized by this section are necessary expenses for which funds derived from taxation may be expended without the necessity of prior approval of the voters.For the purposes of this section, a "human relations program" is one devoted to (i) the study of problems in the area of human relations, (ii) the promotion of equality of opportunity for all citizens, (iii) the promotion of understanding, respect and goodwill among all citizens, (iv) the provision of channels of communication among the races, (v) dispute resolution, (vi) encouraging the employment of qualified people without regard to race, or (vii) encouraging youth to become better trained and qualified for employment. (1971, c. 896, s. 11; c. 1207, ss. 1, 2; 1973, c. 641; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1062, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-493 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 21 - Miscellaneous.|§ 160A-493 - Animal shelters.

 160A-493. Animal shelters.A city may establish, equip, operate, and maintain an animal shelter or may contribute to the support of an animal shelter, and for these purposes may appropriate funds not otherwise limited as to use by law. The animal shelters shall meet the same standards as animal shelters regulated by the Department of Agriculture pursuant to its authority under Chapter 19A of the General Statutes. (1973, c. 426, s. 73.1; 2004-199, s. 39(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-494 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 21 - Miscellaneous.|§ 160A-494 - Drug abuse programs.

 160A-494. Drug abuse programs.Any city may provide for the prevention and treatment of narcotic, barbituric and other types of drug abuse and addiction through education, medication, medical care, hospitalization, and outpatient housing, and may appropriate the necessary funds therefor. (1973, c. 608.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-495 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 21 - Miscellaneous.|§ 160A-495 - Appropriations for establishment, etc., of local government center in Raleigh.

 160A-495. Appropriations for establishment, etc., of local government center in Raleigh.Counties, cities and towns are hereby authorized to appropriate money for payment to their respective instrumentalities, the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners and the North Carolina League of Municipalities for the purpose of financing the cost, in whole or in part, of purchasing, constructing, equipping, maintaining and operating a local government center in the City of Raleigh to serve as permanent headquarters for said organizations. (1973, c. 1131.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-496 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 21 - Miscellaneous.|§ 160A-496 - Incorporation of local acts into charter.

 160A-496. Incorporation of local acts into charter.(a) A city may from time to time require the city attorney to present to the council any local acts relating to the property, affairs, and government of the city and not part of the city's charter which the city attorney recommends be incorporated into the charter. In his recommendations, the city attorney may include suggestions for renumbering or rearranging the provisions of the charter and other local acts, for providing catchlines, and for any other modifications in arrangement or form that do not change the provisions themselves of the charter or local acts and that may be necessary to effect an orderly incorporation of local acts into the charter.(b) After considering the recommendations of the attorney, the council may by ordinance direct the incorporation of any such local acts into the charter. The city clerk shall file a certified true copy of the ordinance with the Secretary of State and with the Legislative Library.(c) For purposes of this section, "charter" means that local act of the General Assembly or action of the Municipal Board of Control incorporating a city or a later local act that includes provisions expressly denominated the city's "charter," plus any other local acts inserted therein pursuant to this section or a comparable provision of a local act. (1975, c. 156; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 935, s. 3; 1989, c. 191, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-497 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 21 - Miscellaneous.|§ 160A-497 - Senior citizens programs.

 160A-497. Senior citizens programs.Any city or county may undertake programs for the assistance and care of its senior citizens including but not limited to programs for in-home services, food service, counseling, recreation and transportation, and may appropriate funds for such programs. Any city council or county may contract with any other governmental agency, or with any public or private association, corporation or organization in undertaking senior citizens programs, and may appropriate funds to any such governmental agency, or to any such public or private association, corporation or organization for the purpose of carrying out such programs. In the event funds appropriated for the purposes of this section are turned over to any agency or organization other than the city or county for expenditure, no such expenditure shall be made until the city or county has approved it, and all such expenditures shall be accounted for by the agency or organization at the end of the fiscal year for which they were appropriated. For purposes of this section, the words "senior citizens" shall mean citizens of a city or county who are at least 60 years of age. (1977, c. 187, s. 1; c. 647, ss. 1, 2; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1094, ss. 4, 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-498 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 21 - Miscellaneous.|§ 160A-498 - Railroad corridor preservation.

 160A-498. Railroad corridor preservation.A city or county may acquire property, by purchase or gift, to preserve a railroad corridor established by the Department of Transportation. A city or county that acquires property to preserve a railroad corridor may lease the property or use the property for interim compatible uses until the property is used for a railroad. (1989, c. 600, s. 9.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-499 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 21 - Miscellaneous.|§ 160A-499 - Reimbursement agreements.

 160A-499. Reimbursement agreements.(a) A city may enter into reimbursement agreements with private developers and property owners for the design and construction of municipal infrastructure that is included on the city's Capital Improvement Plan and serves the developer or property owner. For the purpose of this act, municipal infrastructure includes, without limitation, water mains, sanitary sewer lines, lift stations, stormwater lines, streets, curb and gutter, sidewalks, traffic control devices, and other associated facilities.(b) A city shall enact ordinances setting forth procedures and terms under which such agreements may be approved.(c) A city may provide for such reimbursements to be paid from any lawful source.(d) Reimbursement agreements authorized by this section shall not be subject to Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, except as provided by this subsection. A developer or property owner who is party to a reimbursement agreement authorized under this section shall solicit bids in accordance with Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes when awarding contracts for work that would have required competitive bidding if the contract had been awarded by the city. (2005-426, s. 8(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-499.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 21 - Miscellaneous.|§ 160A-499.3 - Limitation on the use of public funds.

 160A-499.3. Limitation on the use of public funds.A municipality shall not use public funds to endorse or oppose a referendum, election or a particular candidate for elective office.  (2010-114, s. 1.5(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-499.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 21 - Miscellaneous.|§ 160A-499.4 - Notice prior to construction.

 160A-499.4. Notice prior to construction.(a) A city shall notify the property owners and adjacent property owners prior to commencement of any construction project by the city.(b) Notice under this section shall be in writing at least 15 days prior to the commencement of construction, except in any of the following instances:(1) If the construction is of an emergency nature, the notice may be given by any means, including verbally, that the city has for contacting the property owner within a reasonable time prior to, or after, commencement of the construction.(2) The property owner requests action of the city that requires construction activity.(3) The property owner consents to less than 15 days' notice.(4) Notice of the construction project is given in any open meeting of the city prior to the commencement of the construction project.(c) For purposes of this section, "construction" shall mean the building, erection, or establishment of new buildings, facilities, and infrastructure and shall not include routine maintenance and repair.  (2015-246, s. 12(b); 2015-286, s. 1.8(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-500 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 22 - Urban Redevelopment Law.|§ 160A-500 - Short title.

 160A-500. Short title.This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Urban Redevelopment Law." (1951, c. 1095, s. 1; 1973, c. 426, s. 75.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-501 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 22 - Urban Redevelopment Law.|§ 160A-501 - Findings and declaration of policy.

 160A-501. Findings and declaration of policy.It is hereby determined and declared as a matter of legislative finding:(1) That there exist in urban communities in this State blighted areas as defined herein.(2) That such areas are economic or social liabilities, inimical and injurious to the public health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the State, harmful to the social and economic well-being of the entire communities in which they exist, depreciating values therein, reducing tax revenues, and thereby depreciating further the general community-wide values.(3) That the existence of such areas contributes substantially and increasingly to the spread of disease and crime, necessitating excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for the preservation of the public health and safety, for crime prevention, correction, prosecution, punishment and the treatment of juvenile delinquency and for the maintenance of adequate police, fire and accident protection and other public services and facilities, constitutes an economic and social liability, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of communities.(4) That the foregoing conditions are beyond remedy or control entirely by regulatory processes in the exercise of the police power and cannot be effectively dealt with by private enterprise under existing law without the additional aids herein granted.(5) That the acquisition, preparation, sale, sound replanning, and redevelopment of such areas in accordance with sound and approved plans for their redevelopment will promote the public health, safety, convenience and welfare.Therefore, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of North Carolina to promote the health, safety, and welfare of the inhabitants thereof by the creation of bodies corporate and politic to be known as redevelopment commissions, which shall exist and operate for the public purposes of acquiring and replanning such areas and of holding or disposing of them in such manner that they shall become available for economically and socially sound redevelopment. Such purposes are hereby declared to be public uses for which public money may be spent, and private property may be acquired by the exercise of the power of eminent domain. (1951, c. 1095, s. 2; 1973, c. 426, s. 75.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-502 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 22 - Urban Redevelopment Law.|§ 160A-502 - Additional findings and declaration of policy.

 160A-502. Additional findings and declaration of policy.It is further determined and declared as a matter of legislative finding:(1) That the cities of North Carolina constitute important assests for the State and its citizens; that the preservation of the cities and of urban life against physical, social, and other hazards is vital to the safety, health, and welfare of the citizens of the State, and sound urban development in the future is essential to the continued economic development of North Carolina, and that the creation, existence, and growth of substandard areas present substantial hazards to the cities of the State, to urban life, and to sound future urban development.(2) That blight exists in commercial and industrial areas as well as in residential areas, in the form of dilapidated, deteriorated, poorly ventilated, obsolete, overcrowded, unsanitary, or unsafe buildings, inadequate and unsafe streets, inadequate lots, and other conditions detrimental to the sound growth of the community; that the presence of such conditions tends to depress the value of neighboring properties, to impair the tax base of the community, and to inhibit private efforts to rehabilitate or improve other structures in the area; and that the acquisition, preparation, sale, sound replanning and redevelopment of such areas in accordance with sound and approved plans will promote the public health, safety, convenience and welfare.(3) That not only is it in the interest of the public health, safety, convenience and welfare to eliminate existing substandard areas of all types, but it is also in the public interest and less costly to the community to prevent the creation of new blighted areas or the expansion of existing blighted areas; that vigorous enforcement of municipal and State building standards, sound planning of new community facilities, public acquisition of dilapidated, obsolescent buildings, and other municipal action can aid in preventing the creation of new blighted areas or the expansion of existing blighted areas; and that rehabilitation, conservation, and reconditioning of areas in accordance with sound and approved plans, where, in the absence of such action, there is a clear and present danger that the area will become blighted, will protect and promote the public health, safety, convenience and welfare.Therefore it is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of North Carolina to protect and promote the health, safety, and welfare of the inhabitants of its urban areas by authorizing redevelopment commissions to undertake nonresidential redevelopment in accord with sound and approved plans and to undertake the rehabilitation, conservation, and reconditioning of areas where, in the absence of such action, there is a clear and present danger that the area will become blighted. (1961, c. 837, s. 1; 1973, c. 426, s. 75.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-504 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 22 - Urban Redevelopment Law.|§ 160A-504 - Formation of commissions.

 160A-504. Formation of commissions.(a) Each municipality, as defined herein, is hereby authorized to create separate and distinct bodies corporate and politic to be known as the redevelopment commission of the municipality by the passage by the governing body of such municipality of an ordinance or resolution creating a commission to function within the territorial limits of said municipality. Notice of the intent to consider the passage of such a resolution or ordinance shall be published at least 10 days prior to the meeting.(b) The governing body of a municipality shall not adopt a resolution pursuant to subsection (a) above unless it finds:(1) That blighted areas (as herein defined) exist in such municipality, and(2) That the redevelopment of such areas is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals or welfare of the residents of such municipality.(c) The governing body shall cause a certified copy of such ordinance or resolution to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State; upon receipt of the said certificate the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of incorporation.(d) In any suit, action or proceeding involving or relating to the validity or enforcement of any contract or act of a commission, a copy of the certificate of incorporation duly certified by the Secretary of State shall be admissible in evidence and shall be conclusive proof of the legal establishment of the commission. (1951, c. 1095, s. 4; 1973, c. 426, s. 75.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-505.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 22 - Urban Redevelopment Law.|§ 160A-505.1 - Commission budgeting and accounting systems as a part of municipality budgeting and accounting systems.

 160A-505.1. Commission budgeting and accounting systems as a part of municipality budgeting and accounting systems.The governing body of a municipality may by resolution provide that the budgeting and accounting systems of the municipality's redevelopment commission or, if the municipality's housing authority is exercising the powers, duties, and responsibilities of a redevelopment commission, the budgeting and accounting systems of the housing authority, shall be an integral part of the budgeting and accounting systems of the municipality. If such a resolution is adopted:(1) For purposes of the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act, the commission or authority shall not be considered a "public authority," as that phrase is defined in G.S. 159-7(b), but rather shall be considered a department or agency of the municipality. The operations of the commission or authority shall be budgeted and accounted for as if the operations were those of a public enterprise of the municipality.(2) The budget of the commission or authority shall be prepared and submitted in the same manner and according to the same procedures as are the budgets of other departments and agencies of the municipality; and the budget ordinance of the municipality shall provide for the operations of the commission or authority.(3) The budget officer and finance officer of the municipality shall administer and control that portion of the municipality's budget ordinance relating to the operations of the commission or authority. (1971, c. 780, s. 37.2; 1973, c. 474, s. 30.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-506 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 22 - Urban Redevelopment Law.|§ 160A-506 - Creation of a county redevelopment commission.

 160A-506. Creation of a county redevelopment commission.If the board of county commissioners of a county by resolution declares that blighted areas do exist in said county, and the redevelopment of such areas is necessary in the interest of public health, safety, morals, or welfare of the residents of such county, the county commissioners of said county are hereby authorized to create a separate and distinct body corporate and politic to be known as the redevelopment commission of said county by passing a resolution to create such a commission to function in the territorial limits of said county. Provided, however, that notice of the intent to consider passage of such a resolution or ordinance shall be published at least 10 days prior to the meeting of the board of county commissioners for such purposes, and further provided that the redevelopment commission shall not function in an area where such a commission exists or in the corporate limits of a municipality without resolution of agreement by said municipality.All of the provisions of Article 22, Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, shall be applicable to county redevelopment commissions, including the formation, appointment, tenure, compensation, organization, interest and powers as specified therein. (1969, c. 1208, s. 2; 1973, c. 426, s. 75.)