(a) Until modified in accordance with law, the boundaries of the Town of Fletcher are as follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the center of Cane Creek where said creek is intersected by the eastern margin of the N.C. Department of Transportation’s right-of-way of Interstate 26; thence easterly, running with the center of Cane Creek to the point of confluence of Hooper’s Creek with Cane Creek; thence continuing easterly, running with the center of Hooper’s Creek to a point where said creek intersects the southeastern margin of State Road (SR) 1539 (Jackson Road); thence northeasterly, running with the southeastern margin of SR 1539 to its intersection with the northeastern margin of SR 1552 (Souther Road, also known as Youngblood Loop and Burney Mountain Road); Thence northwesterly running with the northeastern margin of SR 1552 to its intersection with the northern margin of SR 1553 (Hooper’s Creek Road); Thence westerly running with the northern Margin of SR 1553 to its intersection with the northeastern margin of SR 1552 (Burney Mountain Road); Thence running northwesterly with the northeastern Margin of SR 1552 to its intersection with the eastern margin of SR 1551 (Mills Gap Road); Thence northerly running with the eastern margin of SR 1551 to its intersection with the amended Buncombe-Henderson County boundary line as established by an Act of the Legislature of North Carolina in 1851, (recorded in Laws of North Carolina, 1850-1851, Chapter XLV, Page 113-114, ratified the 23rd day of January 1851); Thence westerly running with the amended Buncombe-Henderson County boundary line to a concrete monument, the terminus of the first call of the Buncombe-Henderson County boundary line as established by House Bill 1283, (1959-Session Laws, Chapter 1145, ratified the 18th day of June, 1959); Thence running easterly and southerly with the Buncombe-Henderson County boundary line as established by said House Bill 1283, to its intersection with the eastern Boundary of the Interstate 26 right-of-way; thence southerly, running with the eastern Boundary of the Interstate 26 right-of-way to its intersection with the Buncombe-Henderson County boundary line as established by House Bill 1283; thence easterly and southerly, running with the Buncombe-Henderson County boundary line as established by House Bill 1283, to its intersection with the eastern boundary of the Interstate 26 right-of-way; thence southerly, running with the eastern boundary of, the Interstate 26 right-of-way to the point of BEGINNING.
(b) Notwithstanding Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, the Town of Fletcher may not annex any territory within Buncombe County.