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2005 Legislation Related to Planning, Development, and Land Use Regulation

David W. Owens
Institute of Government
School of Government
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Updated through: 10/11/05

The following is a list of bills related to planning, land use regulation, environment, transportation, and similar matters introduced in the 2005 session of the North Carolina General Assembly. Individual funding and study bills are not listed, as any approved were incorporated into the budget and studies bill.

Senate bills are listed first, followed by House bills. The last action taken in each house is indicated. "Comm. fav" indicates the bill was reported out of committee with a favorable recommendation, but no floor action was taken. "Passed" indicates the bill passed in the indicated house. For bills that became law, a session law chapter number is included in the last column.

The 2005 session of the General Assembly adjourned on September 2. The 2006 session will convene on May 9, 2006. That session can consider bills that passed the house in which the bill was introduced by June 2, 2005, bills affecting revenue and appropriations, noncontroversial local bills, and study committee recommendations.

Copies of the texts of all bills, and a detailed legislative history for each bill, can be obtained through the General Assembly’s Bill Information web site.

Bill Number	Title/Short Description	Identical	Senate Action	House Action	Session Law Chapter No.
S. 6	Ban video poker at all locations other than Reservations	H. 29
S. 7	Hurricane relief assistance, provisions for mapping floodplains and other hazard areas, and direction to DENR regarding identification of flood mitigation measures	H. 24	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-1
S. 9	Allow limited horse racing for economic development
S.16	Annex specified satellite area to Tabor City	H. 34	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-8
S. 19	Require referendum for annexations
S. 69	Incorporate Town of Midway
S. 134	Modify definition of junked motor vehicle in Jacksonville (set value at $500)		Passed
S. 138	Allow two mile ETJ for Archdale		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-115
S. 155	Amend DOT driveway permitting to allow requirement of traffic control devices, allow consideration of traffic from proposed development and potential unsafe conditions	H. 249
S. 247	Restrict location of heliports within 10 miles of national park or tribal lands in some western counties		Passed	Comm fav.
S. 249	Annex specified satellite area to Asheville		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-85
S. 307	Require Fayetteville annexations to be approved by voters of area to be annexed
S. 338	Allow Ahoskie to provide annual notice to chronic violators of overgrown vegetation ordinance		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-202
S. 352	Tax credit for rehabilitation of historic mill structures	H. 474
S. 386	Allow development agreements by Cabarrus County and its municipalities; limit annexation into county by cities primarily outside the county		Passed
S. 388	Annex specified area into Bolton		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-141
S. 405	Allow use-value property taxation for wildlife and other conservation areas
S. 406	Allow state to require interconnection of water and sewer systems
S. 407	Extend moratorium on annexations into Cabarrus County		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-116
S. 420	Allow Oak Ridge to make specified voluntary annexation	H. 815	Passed	Passed.	S.L/ 2005-245
S. 441	Allow Ashe County to use wind-powered electricity generation projects on mountain ridges	H. 861
S. 460	Remove specified restrictions on satellite annexations for Kannapolis
S. 466	Adjust Burlington/Gibsonville boundaries		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-87
S. 474	Allow Greenville and High Point to require unfit houses abandoned for more than six months to be repaired or demolished		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-200
S. 512	Prohibit cities from conditioning provision of water and sewer in voluntary annexation to use of city electricity, preserve electricity supplier corridors from loss due to annexation and incorporation		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-150
S. 518	Clarify planning and development regulation statutes to explicitly allow UDOs, simplify protest petition calculation, require planning board review of zoning amendments and comments on plan consistency, clarify special exception/variance distinction, codify conflict of interest rules for quasi-judicial decisions, clarify impact of vacancies and disqualified members on supermajority voting requirements		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-418
S. 521	Recodify and modify tax credit for donation of conservation properties
S. 522	Extend building code pilot program re rehabilitation of existing buildings to Jan. 1, 2007		Passed
S. 528	Allow use of tax increment financing for some tourism-related development projects		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-406
S. 535	Adjust timing for certifications for tax credit for rehabilitation of non-income producing historic structures
S. 551	Allow tobacco buyout payments to count towards income requirement for agricultural use value taxation	H. 705	Passed
S. 586	Authorize new state parks: Carver Creek; Hickory Nut Gorge-Chimney Rock	H. 1008	Passed.	Passed	S.L. 2005-26
S. 599	Authorize NCDOT to use various incentives, disincentives, and contractual measures relative to relocation of utilities	H. 667
S. 622	2004-06 Appropriations Act; Sets biennial budget		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-276
S. 649	Allow landowners in annexed areas to pay for mandatory water/sewer hookups over 25 year period
S. 669	Repeal 2004 legislation making government land uses (without a building involved) subject to city zoning	H. 1269	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-280
S. 681	Prohibit application of city and county ordinances (other than zoning and regulation of development activity) to some forestry operations; allow withholding of development approvals for five years if clear cutting in violation of local development rules		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-447
S. 726	Restrict state authority to condemn lands held by unwilling sellers for state parks, gamelands, or conservation purposes
S. 798	Require plats and subdivisions recorded after 1/1/07 to include delineation of soils suitable for on-site waste treatment	H. 901
S. 807	Create Joint Legislative Economic Development Oversight Committee
S. 814	Modernize planning and development regulation statutes: (1) subdivisions--provide for sketch plans, preliminary plats, performance guarantees, pre-sales contracts, enforcement options; (2) zoning--codify conflict of interest standards, rules for moratoria, consideration of plan consistency, reasonableness analysis for spot zoning; (3) allow public-private reimbursement agreements; (4) allow long-term development agreements		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-426
S. 816	Provide for county administration of city development regulations in ETJ areas
S. 820	Extend Bill Lee Act sunset for Tier 1 to 3 counties to 1/1/10
S. 835	Authorize creation of jet noise zones adjacent to airports to address noise from military training (except National Guard facilities), allow requirements of notice to purchasers of such property, and direct Building Code Council to study additional noise insulation		Passed
S. 867	Allow intergovernmental agreements on multi-jurisdiction industrial parks to last 99 years		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-72
S. 902	Require soil and site evaluations prior to septic tank permitting	H. 900
S. 913	Impose advance recovery fee on manufactured home sales, require counties to develop plans for deconstruction of abandoned manufactured homes
S. 950	Enlarge state park in Cumberland County and request federal funding for dam/water supply reservoir
S. 951	Revise procedures and requirements for municipalities displacing private solid waste contractors in newly annexed areas		Passed
S. 962	Strengthen laws on housing for migrant workers
S. 970	Revise provisions for judicial appeals of quasi-judicial land use decisions		Passed.
S. 981	Require EMC to study water quality in water supply reservoirs, nutrient management strategies and directs action if criteria not achieved	H. 1134	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-190
S. 990	Require DNER to develop public data base of environmental violations and enforcement actions
S. 998	Implement various provisions of Coastal Habitat Protection Plans		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-443
S. 1031	Allow condemnation of abandoned textile mills and furniture factories for adaptive reuse
S. 1086	Provide for bonds for infrastructure, schools, open space
S. 1114	Enhance options for local government administration of sedimentation and erosion control and other state environmental programs		Comm. fav.
S. 1117	2005 Military Support Act -- includes $1 million for acquisition of conservation easements near military bases		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-445
S. 1121	Revise Brownfields reuse statute		Passed
S. 1134	Establish legislative commission on global climate change		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-442
S. 1137	Extend protection from noise regulations for shooting ranges that are involuntarily relocated
S. 1143	Provide for immunity for local governments and building inspection officers unless act or omission was material to value of building and is proven by clear and convincing evidence		Passed	.

H. 9	Deannex area from Thomasville		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-108
H. 22	Amend Wilmington charter to provide that specified hospital expansion is permitted use under zoning			Passed
H. 29	Ban video poker at all locations other than Reservations	S. 6
H. 34	Annex area to Tabor City	S.16
H. 60	Incorporate Village of Swift Creek
H. 75	Modify definition of junked motor vehicle in Henderson and Louisburg	S.164	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-10
H. 116	Clarify farmland use value taxation eligibility		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-313
H. 196	Allow Atlantic Beach, Morehead City, Newport, and Oxford to give annual notice to violators of weeded lot ordinance		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-175
H. 249	Amend DOT driveway permitting to allow requirement of traffic control devices, allow consideration of traffic from proposed development and potential unsafe conditions	S. 155
H. 253	Increase number of projects authorized for NC Turnpike Authority from three to nine, allow Authority to use official map act to protect ROW		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-275
H. 278	Deannex specified area from Walkertown		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-50
H. 302	Require referendum approval for annexations if 10% of voters in area object
H. 328	Miscellaneous local act amendments (including grant of ETJ authority to St. James in 2010; allow Matthews tree removal regulation; allow annual nuisance lot violation notices in Bladenboro; allow Southport regulation of State Ports marina; allow Morehead City to require repair/demolition of dilapidated housing)		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-305
H. 329	Limit liability for agritourism professionals where signs warn of dangers	S. 389	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-236
H. 347	Expand farmland preservation program			Passed
H. 362	Require approval of voters in affected area for ETJ
H. 363	Allow ETJ residents to vote for city council members
H. 370	Remove cap on Landis, Shallotte, Spencer, and Kannapolis satellite annexations		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-173
H. 399	Allow counties with no incorporated cities to exercise all powers of a city, subject to voter approval		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-35
H. 413	2005 Studies Bill -- Authorized studies include Kelo follow-up; abandoned mobile homes; ETJ operation of public utilities; flooding issues; fair housing issues; global climate change issues; extends Growth Strategies Oversight Committee to 2007		Passed	Passed
H. 446	Annex specified areas to Roanoke Rapids and Weldon and add specified area to Roanoke Rapids ETJ		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-9
H. 460	Allow voters in areas proposed for annexation or in ETJ to vote for city councils
H. 474	Tax credit for rehabilitation of historic mill structures	S. 352
H. 478	Deannex specified area from Tobaccoville		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-51
H. 489	Allow Apex, Broadway, Cary, Goldston, Holly Springs, Pittsboro, Sanford, Siler City, all municipalities in Carteret County, and Cabarrus, Chatham, Durham, and Lee Counties to enter reimbursement agreements regarding infrastructure improvements	S. 425	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-41
H. 498	Remove cap on satellite annexations for Taylorsville	S. 350	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-52
H. 545	Require voter approval of Fayettville annexations
H. 607	Enhance voluntary agricultural district program and revise agricultural/farmland preservation trust fund		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-390
H. 631	Exempt Maggie Valley from specified satellite annexation limits		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-79
H. 635	Require local governments to provide at least one public comment period per month at meetings of city council, board of county commissioners, and school board		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-170
H. 658	Establish professional development program for code enforcement officials for license renewal/reactivation	S. 646	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-102
H. 667	Authorize NCDOT to use various incentives, disincentives, and contractual measures relative to relocation of utilities	S. 599
H. 681	Require that any state or local government action that substantially burdens religion be supported by a compelling governmental interest and use the least restrictive means of addressing that interest
H. 688	Require certification of on-site wastewater management contractors and inspectors			Passed
H. 698	Amend Forest Development Act to direct financial assistance for tree development and forest health for commercial production	S. 716	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-126
H. 734	Move specified territory from Navassa to Brunswick County zoning jurisdiction until 2010		Passed	Passed
H. 743	Annex specified territory to East Spencer		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-112
H. 747	Require annual maintenance plan for state roads and municipal plans for maintenance of state roads within cities		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-382
H. 787	Allow Greene, Lenoir, Iredell, Wayne and Yadkin Counties to deny building permits to persons who owe property taxes		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-433
H. 808	Provide that state ABC laws do not preempt local regulation of the location and concentration of facilities with ABC licenses
H. 826	Allow Ansonville to give annual notice for weeded lot ordinance violations			Passed
H. 828	Deannex specified area from Beleville		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-113
H. 829	Limit regulation on display of official governmental flags, but allow reasonable restrictions on flag size, number of flags, flag location, and height of flagpoles		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-360
H. 861	Allow Ashe County to use wind-powered electricity generation projects on mountain ridges	S. 441
H. 863	Woodfin annexation			Comm. fav.
H. 894	Impose advance recovery fee on manufactured home sales, require counties to develop plans for deconstruction of abandoned manufactured homes, provide for abatement of nuisance/obsolete manufactured homes
H. 900	Require soil and site evaluations prior to septic tank permitting	S. 902
H. 901	Require plats and subdivisions recorded after 1/1/07 to include delineation of soils suitable for on-site waste treatment	S. 798
H. 940	Allow Ayden, Leland, and Pineville to provide annual notice of violation to chronic violators of overgrown lot ordinance		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-81
H. 947	Amend Bill Lee Act standards for tier designation of counties and allow credits for additional business types
H. 962	Allow Matthews to provide annual notice of violation to chronic violators of overgrown lot ordinance		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-44
H. 963	Allow Matthews to apply abandoned vehicle ordinance to vehicles with values under $500		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-24
H. 964	Suspend involuntary annexations and create study commission on issue
H. 965	Allow impact fees for schools in Durham County
H. 973	Allow Jacksonville to apply abandoned vehicle ordinance to vehicles with values under $500		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-25
H. 986	Remove cap on Ayden, Elizabeth City, Greenville, Surf City, and Windsor satellite annexations		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-71
H. 987	Allow Grifton and Cramerton to to provide annual notice of violation to chronic violators of overgrown lot ordinance		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-45
H. 1004	Extend Bill Lee Act and Jobs Development Investment Grant program to 2008 (2010 for specified class of projects) and amend Tier 1 designations		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-241
H. 1005	Annex specified territory into Pineville		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-119
H. 1020	Authorize Statesville to regulate demolition of historic structures		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-143
H. 1025	Allow ABC permits for on-premise wine-making			Passed
H 1029	Authorize city and county stream clearing, limit liability for this, and require compliance with state and federal regulations		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-441
H. 1047	Allow Wrightsville Beach to appoint separate board of adjustment (now, town council serves as BOA)		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-265
H. 1067	Convert Orange and Chatham County impact fee authorization to impact tax authorization
H. 1068	Remove cap on Surf City satellite annexations
H. 1069	Clarify mandatory height limits in Oak Island			Passed
H. 1070	Allow construction of oceanfront groins in Brunswick County
H. 1078	Allow Angier and LaGrange to to provide annual notice of violation to chronic violators of overgrown lot ordinance		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-308
H. 1080	Deannex specified territory in Dorches		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-60
H. 1099	Amend Brownfields reuse requirements			Passed
H. 1172	Prohibit cities and counties from regulating forestry activities (but not development activities) on land being used to growing trees for timber, wood, or forest products
H. 1174	Allow greater local government role in issuance and revocation of ABC permits in urban redevelopment areas		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-392
H. 1189	Direct EMC to adopt rules for Fontana Lake protection and apply interim management standards		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-97
H. 1202	Regional transportation MPO representation		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-322
H. 1208	Extend Bill Lee Act to include specified food processing and distribution centers in tier one counties
H. 1281	County control of noxious weeds		Passed	Passed	S,L. 2005-440
H. 1287	Allow agricultural use value taxation for some trout farms
H.1269	2005 Studies Bill -- Authorized studies include Kelo follow-up; abandoned mobile homes; ETJ operation of public utilities; flooding issues; fair housing issues; extends Growth Strategies Oversight Committee to 2007			Passed
H. 1288	Require counties to develop plans for disposal of abandoned manufactured homes and imposed advance disposal fee
H. 1302	Provide for enhanced voluntary agricultural districts in farmland preservation program
H. 1305	Require city and county boundary maps and city charters to be filed with Secretary of State			Passed
H. 1306	Allow municipalities to have nonresidential building maintenance codes
H. 1335	Expand and extend Bill Lee Act
H. 1397	Amend involuntary annexation law to require that annexed area be contiguous to area of equal size within the city that meets urban development standards
H. 1413	Amend various provisions relative to local enforcement of erosion and sedimentation control ordinances			Passed
H. 1465	Ban motor oil filters, rigid plastic containers, oyster shells, and wooden pallets (except in construction/debris landfills) in landfills effective 2009		Passed	Passed	S.L. 2005-362
H. 1512	Require sellers of property in ocean hazard areas to disclose hazard information to buyers
H. 1541	Various amendments to regulations for homeowners associations, including limits on HOA regulation of display of US flags			Passed
H. 1542	Establish Fund for beach and coastal waterways conservation, restoration, and public access
H. 1610	Incorporate Rougemont			Passed
H. 1683	Increase CAMA permit application fees
H. 1722	Extend use-value property taxation to wildlife conservation areas
H. 1723	2005 Studies Bill -- Authorized studies include Kelo follow-up; abandoned mobile homes; ETJ operation of public utilities; flooding issues; fair housing issues; global climate change issues; extends Growth Strategies Oversight Committee to 2007			Passed
H. 1730	Codify swine farm waste management standards and phase-out lagoons and sray-irrigation disposal