CHARTER
Section
1. Chapter 386, Session Laws of 1973.
ARTICLE I.
INCORPORATION AND CORPORATE POWERS
INCORPORATION AND CORPORATE POWERS
1.1. Incorporation and General Powers.
ARTICLE II.
CORPORATE BOUNDARIES
CORPORATE BOUNDARIES
2.1. Existing Corporate Boundaries.
2.2. Extension of Corporate Boundaries.
ARTICLE III.
MAYOR AND BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MAYOR AND BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
3.1. Composition of Board of Commissioners.
3.2. Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore.
3.3. Terms; Qualifications; Vacancies.
ARTICLE IV.
ELECTION PROCEDURE
ELECTION PROCEDURE
4.1. Regular Municipal Elections.
4.2. Elections To Be By Nonpartisan Plurality Method.
ARTICLE V.
ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
5.1. Form of Government.
5.2. Town Manager.
5.3. Attorney.
5.4. Town Clerk.
5.5. Town Finance Officer.
5.6. Tax Collector.
5.7. Consolidation of Functions.
5.8. Chief of Police.
5.9. Fire Chief.
5.10. Town Departments.
ARTICLE VI.
LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS
FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS
LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS
FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS
6.1. Authority to Make Local Improvements.
6.2. Separate Proceedings Not Required.
6.3. Definitions.
6.4. Improvements Described.
6.5. Water and Sewer Mains Between Streets; Assessment.
6.6. Inclusion of More than One Improvement in Single Proceeding.
6.7. Resolution Ordering Improvements; Publications.
6.8. Details of Construction; Contracts for Construction.
6.9. Determination as to Cost of Improvements.
6.10. Corner Lot Exemptions.
6.11. Preliminary Assessment Roll, Contents, Publication, Posting, Serving or Mailing.
6.12. Hearing; Revision; Confirmation; Lien.
6.13. Appeal to Superior Court.
6.14. Error in Assessment; Power to Correct; Procedure.
6.15. Reassessment.
6.16. Publication of Notice of Confirmation of Assessment Roll.
6.17. Payment of Assessments in Cash or by Installments.
6.18. Procedure to Enforce Payment; Mandamus Against Railroads and State Agencies; Foreclosure Against Individuals.
6.19. Assessment of Cost of Water Main and Sewer Extensions.
6.20. Apportionment of Assessments.
6.21. Change of Ownership.
6.22. Lands Subject to Assessment.
6.23. Proceedings in Rem.
6.24. Grass Plot and Driveway Maintenance.
6.25. Abeyance of Certain Water and Sewer Assessments.
6.26. Abutting Property Outside City Limits.
6.27. Acreage Charges for Water and Sewer Connections.
6.28. Site Plan Approval.
6.29. Road or Drainage Projects Fees.
6.30. Open Space Project Fees.
6.31. Recreation Project Fees.
6.32. Implementing.
ARTICLE VII.
EMINENT DOMAIN
EMINENT DOMAIN
7.1. Condemnation; Authority and Procedure.
ARTICLE VIII.
REGULATORY POWERS
REGULATORY POWERS
8.1. Subdivision; Require Installation of Improvements.
8.2. Applicable to Public Service Corporations.
8.3. Planning Jurisdiction.
ARTICLE IX.
MISCELLANEOUS POWERS
MISCELLANEOUS POWERS
9.1. Powers Additional to Other Powers.
9.2. Regulation of Business on Sundays.
9.3. Operation of Motor Vehicles Upon Certain Premises.
9.4. Forbidding Entry Upon Certain Premises.
9.5. Cemetery Lots; Sale.
ARTICLE X.
CLAIMS AGAINST THE TOWN
CLAIMS AGAINST THE TOWN
10.1. Presentation of Claims; Suit Upon Claims.
ARTICLE XI.
CHARTER AMENDMENTS
CHARTER AMENDMENTS
11.1. Incorporation of Amendments.
The inhabitants of the Town of Zebulon, within the corporate limits as now or hereafter established shall be, and continue as they have heretofore been, a municipal body politic and corporate, under the name of the Town of Zebulon. The Town of Zebulon shall have all the powers, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities conferred and imposed on cities by the Constitution, by the general laws of the State of North Carolina and by this Charter. The enumeration of particular powers by the Charter shall not be deemed to be exclusive, and it is intended that the Town of Zebulon shall have and exercise all powers which, under the Constitution and the laws of the State of North Carolina, it would be competent for this Charter specifically to enumerate.
(Session Laws of 1973, Chapter 386) (Ord. 2004-45, passed 4-4-2004)
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