§ 5.9. Extraterritorial boundaries.  


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  • The boundaries of the territory within which the governing board may exercise the aforesaid powers shall be as follows:

    Beginning at the point at which Morgan Creek intersects the boundary between Orange County and Durham County, and running thence along a straight line generally to the point at which U.S. Highway 15-501 intersects the boundary between Orange County and Chatham County; running thence generally northeastward along a line 250 feet east of and parallel to the center line of Smith Level Road to town limits of Carrboro; running thence generally east, north with the town limits of Carrboro to the center line of the Southern Railway right-of-way; running thence with the center line of the Southern Railway right-of-way to its intersection with an imaginary line drawn between the intersection of N.C. Highway 54 and Morgan Creek on the west, and the intersection of New Hope Creek with the boundary between Orange County and Durham County on the east; thence proceeding eastward with said line from its intersection with the Southern Railway right-of-way to its western intersection, Lot 17, Tax Map 41B, and proceeding thence in a northerly direction along the western property line of Lot 17, Tax Map 41B, approximately 120 feet to the northwestern corner of said lot; thence in a northerly direction along the western property line of Lot 5A, Tax Map 25, approximately 740 feet to the northeastern corner of Lot 17C, Tax Map 25; thence in a westerly direction along the northern property line of Lot 17C, Tax Map 25, approximately 190 feet to the southwestern corner of Lot 5, Tax Map 25; thence in a northerly direction along the western property line of Lot 5, Tax Map 25, approximately 800 feet to the southwestern corner of Lot 4, Tax Map 25; thence in an easterly direction along the southern property line of Lot 4, Tax Map 25, approximately 510 feet to the southeastern corner of Lot 4, Tax Map 25; thence in a northerly direction along the western property line of Lot 5, Tax Map 25, approximately 1,325 feet to the northwestern property corner of said lot, said corner lying on the southwestern right-of-way line of S.R. 1733 (Weaver Dairy Road); thence in a southeasterly direction along the southwestern right-of-way of S.R. 1733 (Weaver Dairy Road) approximately 2,060 feet to the northeastern corner of Lot 15, Tax Map 25; thence in a southerly direction, along the eastern property line of Lot 15, Tax Map 25, approximately 150 feet to the southeastern corner of said lot; thence in a westerly direction, along the southern property line of Lot 15, Tax Map 25, approximately 150 feet to the northeastern corner of Lot 16, Tax Map 25; thence in a southerly direction, along the eastern property line of Lot 16, Tax Map 25, approximately 1,020 feet to its intersection with the N.C. 54, Morgan Creek-New Hope Creek and Orange-Durham County line; proceeding thence eastward to the intersection of New Hope Creek with the boundary between Orange County and Durham County; thence generally southward along the boundary between Orange County and Durham County to the starting point.

    At such times as may be agreed by the board of commissioners of the County of Orange and the council of the Town of Chapel Hill, the boundaries of the territory within which the council may exercise the aforesaid powers, shall be extended and include the territory described as follows:

    Beginning at the southern corner of Orange County where its line with Durham County intersects its line with Chatham County, thence westerly along the boundary line between Orange County and Chatham County, about 4 miles to a point at which U.S. Highway 15 and 501 intersect this line; thence in a generally northeasterly direction along a straight line to the point where Morgan Creek intersects the boundary between Orange County and Durham County; thence southwardly along the boundary line between Orange County and Durham County to the point of beginning.