§ 6. Special assessments.

The Town Council shall have the power to levy and collect assessments upon the property affected or benefitted for the maintenance, upkeep, repair of boardwalks, streets and roads within the town and for the removal of sand and obstructions therefrom, and the procedure for the levy and collection of such assessments shall be as provided by relevant North Carolina General Statutes and amendments thereto; provided that the entire cost or expense of maintenance, upkeep and repair of boardwalks, roads and streets, and the removal of sand therefrom shall be charged and assessed against the lots and parcels abutting on such boardwalks, roads and streets upon which the improvement or repair is made and directly improved, according to their respective frontage or boundary thereon by an equal rate per foot of such frontage or boundary. The power of assessment herein conferred shall only apply to such boardwalks, streets, alleys and roads as are now laid out and constructed in the town and no assessment shall be made for the purpose of opening up or constructing any new boardwalk, street or road, except upon petition, as provided by North Carolina General Statutes, as amended.

Editor's note

The Town now has authority to levy special assessments by virtue of article 10, G.S. Ch. 160A.