Amends GS 160A-360, which authorizes cities to exercise certain planning and regulatory powers in areas beyond the city’s territorial boundaries, to: (1) prohibit a city from exercising the powers granted by Article 19 of Chapter 160A or any local act outside its corporate limits in any county that has a zoning ordinance in effect that applies to the entire unincorporated areas of the county, other than areas that are in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a city; (2) allow a city that is currently exercising powers that violate the new provision to continue exercising them until the county adopts an ordinance exercising such powers within all the areas; and (3) authorize qualified voters residing within a city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction to be candidates for, and vote in elections for, elective offices of the city if the countywide zoning is not in effect.
Amends GS 163-282 to provide that residents of a city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction are considered residents of the city for the purposes of determining their eligibility to vote in elections for officers of the city only.
Amends GS 163-288.1 and GS 163-288.2 to make conforming changes.
Applies to elections held on or after September 1, 2011.