CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ROXBORO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section
Article I. Incorporation, Corporate Powers And Boundaries
   1.1   Incorporation
   1.2   Powers
   1.3   Corporate Boundaries
Article II. Governing Body
   2.1   City governing body; composition
   2.2   City Council; composition; terms of office
   2.3   Mayor; term of office; duties
   2.4   Mayor pro tempore
   2.5   Meetings; quorum
   2.6   Meetings; voting
   2.7   Qualification for office; compensation; vacancies
Article III: Elections
   3.1   Regular municipal elections
   3.2   Election of Mayor
   3.3   Election of Council Members
   3.4   Special elections and referenda
Article IV. Organization and Administration
   4.1   Form of government
   4.2   City Manager; appointment; powers and duties
   4.3   City Clerk
   4.4   Finance Director
   4.5   Tax Collector
   4.6   City Attorney
   4.7   Other administrative officers and employees
Article V. Streets
   5.1   Assessments for street improvements; petition unnecessary
   5.2   Street improvement defined
   5.3   Procedure; effect of assessment
   5.4   Property owner's responsibility
   5.5   City cutting and removal; costs become lien
Article VI. Sidewalks
   6.1   Assessments for sidewalk improvements; petition unnecessary
   6.2   Property owner's responsibility
   6.3   City cleaning or repair; costs become lien
Article VII. Water and Sewer
   7.1   Construction outside corporate limits
   7.2   Acquisition of existing facilities
Article VIII. Taxation
   8.1   Motor vehicles tax
Article IX. City Lake Regulations
   9.1   Regulations of city lakes
Article X. Claims Against the City
   10.1 Settlement of claims by City Manager
Article XI. Property Disposition
   11.1 Disposal of surplus personal property
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION
S.L. 1997-282
HOUSE BILL 681
AN ACT TO REVISE AND CONSOLIDATE THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ROXBORO.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
   Section 1. The Charter of the City of Roxboro is revised and consolidated to read as follows:
THE CHARTER
OF THE CITY OF ROXBORO
"ARTICLE I. INCORPORATION, CORPORATE POWERS AND BOUNDARIES.
"SECTION 1.1 INCORPORATION.
   The City of Roxboro, North Carolina, in Person County and the inhabitants thereof shall continue to be a municipal body politic and corporate, under the name of the ‘City of Roxboro,’ hereinafter at times referred to as the ‘City.’
"SECTION 1.2. POWERS.
   The City shall have and may exercise all of the powers, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities conferred upon the City of Roxboro specifically by this Charter or upon municipal corporations by general law. The term ‘general law’ is employed herein as defined in G.S. § 160A-1.
"SECTION 1.3. CORPORATE BOUNDARIES BOUNDARIES.
   The corporate boundaries shall be those existing at the time of ratification of this Charter, as set forth on the official map of the City and as they may be altered from time to time in accordance with law. An official map of the City, showing the current municipal boundaries, shall be maintained permanently in the office of the City Clerk and shall be available for public inspection. Upon alteration of the corporate limits pursuant to law, the appropriate changes to the official map shall be made, and copies shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, the Person County Register of Deeds, and the appropriate board of elections.
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