§ 160A-374. Effect of plat approval on dedications. - North Carolina Statutes

§160A‑374.  Effect of plat approval on dedications.

The approval of a plat shallnot be deemed to constitute or effect the acceptance by the city or public ofthe dedication of any street or other ground, public utility line, or otherpublic facility shown on the plat. However, any city council may by resolutionaccept any dedication made to the public of lands or facilities for streets,parks, public utility lines, or other public purposes, when the lands  orfacilities are located within its subdivision‑regulation jurisdiction.Acceptance of dedication of lands or facilities located within the subdivision‑regulationjurisdiction but outside the corporate limits of a city shall not place on thecity any duty to open, operate, repair, or maintain any street, utility line,or other land or facility, and a city shall in no event be held to answer inany civil action or proceeding for failure to open, repair, or maintain anystreet located outside its corporate limits. Unless a city, county or otherpublic entity operating a water system shall have agreed to begin operation andmaintenance of the water system or water system facilities within one year ofthe time of issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the first unit ofhousing in the subdivision, a city or county shall not, as part of itssubdivision regulation applied to facilities or land outside the corporatelimits of a city, require dedication of water systems or facilities as acondition for subdivision approval. (1955, c. 1334, s. 1; 1971,c. 698, s. 1; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1080; 1985, c. 635.)