§ 160A-386. Protest petition; form; requirements; time for filing. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 160A‑386.  Protest petition; form;requirements; time for filing.

No protest against any change in or amendment to a zoning ordinance orzoning map shall be valid or effective for the purposes of G.S. 160A‑385unless it be in the form of a written petition actually bearing the signaturesof the requisite number of property owners and stating that the signers doprotest the proposed change or amendment, and unless it shall have beenreceived by the city clerk in sufficient time to allow the city at least twonormal work days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, before thedate established for a public hearing on the proposed change or amendment todetermine the sufficiency and accuracy of the petition. The city council may byordinance require that all protest petitions be on a form prescribed andfurnished by the city, and such form may prescribe any reasonable informationdeemed necessary to permit the city to determine the sufficiency and accuracyof the petition. A person who has signed a protest petition may withdraw his orher name from the petition at any time prior to the vote on the proposed zoningamendment. Only those protest petitions that meet the qualifying standards setforth in G.S. 160A‑385 at the time of the vote on the zoning amendmentshall trigger the supermajority voting requirement. (1963, c. 1058, s. 2; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 2005‑418, s. 6.)