§ 8.5-82. Procedure.

(a)

Landowner(s) belonging to enhanced or voluntary agricultural districts shall not be assessed for or required to connect to water and/or sewer systems.

(b)

Water and sewer assessments will be held in abeyance, without interest, for farms, whether inside or outside of a voluntary agricultural district, until improvements on such property are connected to the water or sewer system for which the assessment was made.

(c)

When the period of abeyance ends, the assessment is payable in accordance with the terms set out in the assessment resolution.

(d)

Statutes of limitation are suspended during the time that any assessment is held in abeyance without interest.

(e)

Assessment procedures followed under G.S. Article 9 of Chapter 153A shall conform to the terms of this chapter with respect to qualifying farms that entered into conservation agreements while such chapter was in effect.

(f)

Nothing in this section is intended to diminish the authority of the county to hold assessments in abeyance under G.S. 153A-201.

(g)

Water and sewer assessments will be conducted through Salisbury Rowan Utilities and the Rowan County Tax Assessor's office.

(h)

To the extent that this section conflicts with the terms of federal, state, or other grants under which county utility systems are constructed this section shall not apply. This section shall not apply to utilities that are not owned by the county unless the county has entered into an agreement with the entity(ies) owning the utilities and that agreement provides that this chapter shall apply.

(Amend. of 3-7-11)