DIVISION I THE CHARTER AND OTHER RELATED LAWS

THE CHARTER

CHAPTER 847, SESSION LAWS 1977

ARTICLE I
Incorporation, Corporate Powers and Boundaries

Section 1.1   Incorporation.

Section 1.2   Powers.

Section 1.3   Corporate limits.

ARTICLE II
Mayor and Town Council

Section 2.1   Governing body.

Section 2.2   Town council: composition; terms of office.

Section 2.3   Mayor: term of office: duties.

Section 2.4   Mayor pro tempore.

ARTICLE III
Elections

Section 3.1   Regular municipal elections: conduct and method of election.

Section 3.2   Election wards; ward boundaries.

Section 3.3   Election of council members.

Section 3.4   Election of the mayor.

ARTICLE IV
Organization and Administration

Section 4.1   Form of government.

Section 4.2   Administrative officers and employees.

Section 4.3   Consolidation of administrative functions.

ARTICLE V
Alcoholic Beverage Control

Section 5.1   Election authorized.

Section 5.2   Petition procedure.

Section 5.3   Election procedure: determination of results.

Section 5.4   Board of alcoholic control: organization: use of funds.

Section 5.5   Subsequent elections.

Section 5.6   Limitations on holding elections.

ARTICLE VI
Special Provisions

Section 6.1   Assessments for street and sidewalk improvements: petition unnecessary.

Section 6.2   Power of eminent domain.

Section 6.3   Economic development.

ARTICLE I Incorporation, Corporate Powers and Boundaries

Section 1.1 Incorporation.

The Town of Valdese, North Carolina, in the County of Burke, and the inhabitants thereof, shall continue to be a municipal body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the "Town of Valdese," hereinafter at times referred to as the "town."

Section 1.2 Powers.

The Town of Valdese shall have and may exercise all of the powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities, which are now, or hereafter may be, conferred, either expressly or by implication, upon the Town of Valdese, specifically, or upon municipal corporations, generally, by this charter, by the State Constitution, or by general or local law.

State Law Reference: Corporate powers generally, G.S. 160A-11, 12.