Sec. 2-1. - Town limits described.

The limits of the town shall be bounded and described as set forth in this section:

BEGINNING at the intersection of Pritchard Branch and Morgan Creek; thence up the center line of Morgan Creek in a westwardly direction about 2,000 feet to the southeastern corner of Frank Porter Graham School property; running thence in a westerly and northerly direction along and with the center line of said Morgan Creek approximately 1,159 feet to a point on the east right-of-way line of Smith Level Road; running thence in a northerly direction along and with the eastern right-of-way line of Smith Level Road approximately 275 feet to a point at the intersection of N.C. 54 bypass southern right-of-way line; running thence from said point along and with the right-of-way line of N.C. 54 and the ramp leading to said highway from the Smith Level Road, in an easterly direction, a distance of approximately 930 feet to a point in the southern right-of-way line N.C. 54 bypass, the northeast corner of the property occupied by the Frank Porter Graham School; running thence in a northerly direction, crossing N.C. 54 bypass; about 150 feet to the northern right-of-way line of said bypass; then in a northwestwardly direction along the northern right-of-way line of N.C. 54 bypass and the exit lane from the bypass to the southern right-of-way line of Merritt Mill Road; then in an easterly direction diagonally across Merritt Mill Road about 150 feet to the northern right-of-way line of Merritt Mill Road at the property corner between Lots 17 & 17A, Block C, Orange County Tax Map #100, as revised 1/1/66; then north along the eastern property line of Lot 17 about 298 feet to the southern property line of Lot 33, Block C, on said tax map the property of Larry Sturdivant; then east along this property line 30 feet to a property corner; then in a northerly direction along the eastern property line of Lot 33, the Sturdivant property, about 585 feet to his corner, the end of Wentworth Street; then north 87 degrees 05 minutes West along a property line about 155 feet to a property corner, also a corner of the corporate limit line of the Town of Carrboro; then following the common boundary line with the Town of Carrboro as established by act of the 1967 General Assembly and, except as noted, following property lines, 5,939 feet with courses and distances as follows: North 87 degrees 05 minutes West 150 feet; North 35 degrees 24 minutes East 947.4 feet; North 75 degrees 00 minutes East 275.3 feet; South 3 degrees 00 minutes East 53.0 feet; North 86 degrees 00 minutes East 85.0 feet; North 2 degrees 35 minutes East 21.7 feet; South 84 degrees 00 minutes East 99.3 feet; North 78 degrees 25 minutes East 86.5 feet; North 56 degrees 30 minutes East 120.9 feet; North 77 degrees 10 minutes East 126.5 feet; then across the property of Constructors Supply Co. North 43 degrees 45 minutes East 168.09 feet; them continuing across the property of Constructors Supply Co. Lot 9, Block J, Orange County Tax Map #92, as revised 1/1/66, South 89 degrees 27 minutes East 280.0 feet to a property corner; then continuing South 89 degrees 27 minutes East 290 feet to the center line of Merritt Mill Road; then along the center line of Merritt Mill Road as follows: North 00 degrees 05 minutes East 95.86 feet to a point in the intersection of Cameron Avenue and Merritt Mill Road; then North 17 degrees 20 minutes West 106.87 feet; then North 20 degrees 55 minutes West 932.48 feet; then North 24 degrees 06 minutes West 519.26 feet to the northern right-of-way line of West Rosemary Street; then along the northern right-of-way line of West Rosemary Street South 83 degrees 30 minutes West 20 feet to a property corner; then along a property line North 3 degrees 25 minutes West 130.0 feet; then South 83 degrees 30 minutes West 82.0 feet to the western right-of-way line of Sunset Drive; then North 7 degrees 15 minutes West along the western right-of-way line of Sunset Drive 270.0 feet to a property corner; then South 86 degrees 00 minutes West along a property line 88.0 feet; then North 5 degrees 53 minutes West 155.07 feet crossing Starlite Drive; then South 86 degrees 00 minutes West 76.8 feet; then North 7 degrees 09 minutes West 450 feet; then South 83 degrees 19 minutes West 160.57 feet; then North 6 degrees 24 minutes West 149.26 feet to a common corner of the Chapel Hill and Carrboro corporate limit lines; which point is on the original eastern line of the Town of Carrboro and is North 25 degrees 28 minutes West, 40.95 feet from the original Northwest corner of the Town of Chapel Hill; then continuing north 6 degrees 24 minutes West 655 feet along the rear property lines of the lots on the west side of Bynum Street, to a property corner; then along a property line North 78 degrees East 138 feet to a western right-of-way line of Bynum Street; then South 60 degrees East 85 feet diagonally across Bynum Street to the eastern right-of-way line of Bynum Street and a property corner located about 150 feet north of Gomains Avenue; then North 85 degrees East 225 feet along the rear property line of the lots on the north side of Gomains Avenue to a point; then North 3 degrees West 22 feet and North 8 degrees East 100 feet along the rear property line of the lots facing Sykes Street to a property corner; then South 86 degrees East along a property line 120 feet to the western right-of-way line of Sykes Street; then continuing South 86 degrees East 48 feet across Sykes Street to its eastern right-of-way line at the northwest corner of the property of the Chapel Hill Housing Authority; then following the property line of the Chapel Hill Housing Authority North 74 degrees East 190 feet, South 22 degrees East 100 feet, and North 69 degrees East 150 feet to the western right-of-way line of Edwards Alley; then approximately South 74 degrees East diagonally across Edwards Alley 40 feet to the eastern right-of-way line of Edwards Alley at a property corner; then North 69 degrees East along the rear property line of properties facing Gomains Avenue 127 feet to a property corner; then South 22 degrees East along a property line 125 feet to a property line which would be the eastward extension of the north right-of-way line of Gomains Avenue if the same were extended eastwardly; then North 69 degrees East along this property line about 60 feet to the center line of Tanyard Branch; then down the center line of Tanyard Branch in a Northerly direction about 2,500 feet to its intersection with Bolin Creek; then in a northwesterly direction upstream along Bolin Creek about 1,250 feet to an unnamed tributary meeting Bolin Creek west of the western end of Weiner Street; then northward along this tributary about 3,000 feet to the westward extension of the southern property line of the property of the University of North Carolina; then generally eastward following the property line between the University of North Carolina and a subdivision known as Elkin Hills to N.C. 86 at a point about 360 feet north of the center line of Barclay Road; then across N.C. 86 and, following the property lines eastward 350 feet southward 210.4 feet, eastward 1,600 feet, and northward about 150 feet, to Cole Springs Branch; then along the western edge of Estes Hills subdivision north 1 degree 59 minutes East 597.7 feet; then North 88 degrees 33 minutes West 312.3 feet; then North 86 degrees 23 minutes West 168.6 feet; then North 00 degrees 19 minutes West 428.9 feet; then North 87 degrees 34 minutes West 133.8 feet; then North 18 degrees East about 400 feet to the center line of Estes Drive; then with the center line of Estes Drive South 89 degrees 33 minutes East about 500 feet to the corner of the Guy B. Phillips School property; then with the line of said school property North 10 degrees 22 minutes East 877.9 feet to the northwest corner of the school lot; then North 10 degrees 15 minutes East 1,815 feet to the northwest corner of Lot 2, Orange County Tax Map #28, as revised 1/1/65, then with the north line of said Lot 2 eastwardly 2,445 feet to the western line of Lake Forest Subdivision; then with the western line of Lake Forest Subdivision North 3 degrees 1-4 minutes East 1,832 feet; and North 16 degrees 58 minutes East 483.7 feet; and North 2 degrees 14 minutes East 675 feet to a point 245 feet north of the northern right-of-way line of Shady Lawn Road; then following property lines South 87 degrees 28 minutes East 158.42 feet; South 80 degrees 33 minutes East 160.0 feet; then South 61 degrees 03 minutes East 140.0 feet; South 3 degrees 27 minutes East 70.0 feet; South 55 degrees 59 minutes East 200.0 feet to the western right-of-way line of Kenmore Road; then South 73 degrees 28 minutes East 62.9 feet to the eastern right-of-way line of Kenmore Road; then South 55 degrees 41 minutes East 164.9 feet; then North 39 degrees 53 minutes East 202 feet; then North 47 degrees 57 minutes East 115 feet; then South 76 degrees 18 minutes East 200 feet; then South 54 degrees 48 minutes East 53.0 feet to the southwestern corner of Lot G-4 as shown on Orange County Tax Map #41A, revised 1/1/68; thence in a northeastwardly direction along the side line of said Lot No. 4 about 260 feet to Brookview Road; then diagonally across Brookview Road to the western corner of Lot A-1 on said map, then a northeastwardly direction along the side line of said Lot A-1 about 205 feet to the southern corner of Lot A-3 on said map; then in a northerly direction along the rear lot line of Lots A-3 and A-4 about 420 feet to the northern line of Lake Forest Estates Subdivision; thence eastwardly along the northern line of Lake Forest Subdivision about 1,600 feet crossing Lake Shore Drive and Red Bud Drive to the northeast corner of Lot C-1 as shown on said map above referred to; then in a southerly direction along the rear lot lines of the lots on the eastern side of Red Bud Drive about 1,600 feet to Lake Shore Drive at the southwest corner of Lot D-17 as shown on said map; then diagonally across Lake Shore Drive in a southerly direction to the southeastern corner of Lot F-8A as shown on said map; then in a southerly direction along the side line of Lot 8A about 455 feet to its southwestern corner, approximately the shore of Eastwood Lake; then in a southern direction along the shore of Eastwood Lake about 950 feet to the center line of Booker Creek at the dam; then down the center line of Booker Creek in a southerly direction with courses and distances as follows: South 24 degrees 38 minutes East 211.23 feet; North 37 degrees 26 minutes East 225.39 feet; North 82 degrees 55 minutes East 292.21 feet; South 74 degrees 26 minutes East 271.98 feet; South 38 degrees 31 minutes East 626.26 feet; South 13 degrees 34 minutes East 238.66 feet; South 25 degrees 59 minutes West 355.99 feet; South 27 degrees 27 minutes East 754.98 feet; South 8 degrees 07 minutes East 651.52 feet; then South 3 degrees 41 minutes East 823.70 feet to the northwestern right-of-way line of US 15-501; then North 51 degrees 32 minutes East 249.13 feet along the right-of-way of said highway; then South 62 degrees 52 minutes East 537.10 feet; then South 44 degrees 38 minutes East 421.69 feet across US Highway 15-501 Bypass right-of-way to a point 200 feet in a northeastwardly direction from the northeastern right-of-way line of Ephesus Church Road; then South 44 degrees 38 minutes East, Crossing Legion Road, 525.00 feet to the southeast right-of-way line of said road and at a property corner; then South 75 degrees 23 minutes East 1,126.00 feet along a property line to the northeastern corner of Lot 13A, Block D, Orange County Tax Map #27, as revised 1/1/65; then in an easterly direction following the northern property line of the land owned by the Chapel Hill School District and others about 1,400 feet to the western edge of the Colony Woods Subdivision; then following the outside boundary of this subdivision northward about 900 feet and eastward about 1,300 feet to the western edge of a proposed thoroughfare known as Burlington Boulevard; then extending eastward across said boulevard and along the northern boundary line of Colony Woods Subdivision about 1,185 feet to an iron pin, a corner of the McFarland property; then along the eastern line of said McFarland property North 7 degrees 19 minutes 20 seconds East 558.10 feet to a stake in the southern line of the Clark Estate; then with the southern line of said Clark Estate South 86 degrees 18 minutes 45 seconds East 913.44 feet to a stake; then with the western line of Charlie Pope and the Ephesus Church property South 5 degrees 15 minutes 22 seconds West 2,923.94 feet to a point in the Southwestern corner of the property of Ephesus Church; thence along the arc of a circle with a radius of 686.20 feet, an arc length of 525.02 feet; continuing thence along the northern margin of Ephesus Church Road North 50 degrees 52 minutes West 794.80 feet; thence in a westerly direction along said northern right-of-way of Ephesus Church Road an arc distance of 649.86 feet to the southern corner of Lot No. 207, Section III, Colony Woods Subdivision; thence in a southwesterly direction, crossing Ephesus Church Road, a distance of approximately 61 feet to a point one foot South of said Ephesus Church Road right-of-way; thence in a westerly direction parallel to and one foot South of Ephesus Church Road about 700 feet to the center line of Burlington Boulevard; thence continuing in a westerly direction parallel to and one foot South of Ephesus Church Road about 795 feet to the eastern edge of Colony Woods Subdivision; then southward along the rear property lines of the lots facing South Tinkerbell Road about 3,000 feet to the southern end of Colony Woods Subdivision; then in an easterly direction along the southern edge of Colony Woods about 400 feet to a point on the eastern property line of Briarcliff Subdivision; thence in a southwesterly direction along said property line approximately 26 feet to the southeastern corner of Lot 8, Block D, Orange County Tax Map #52D as revised in 1969; thence along the southern line of said Lot 8 about 149 feet to the eastern right-of-way line of Churchill Drive; thence in a southwesterly direction, crossing Churchill Drive, approximately 70 feet to the southeastern corner of Lot 19, Block C, Orange County Tax Map No. 52D; thence in a westerly direction, along the southern lot line of said Lot 19, a distance of approximately 146 feet to a point in the eastern line of Lot 9; thence in a southerly direction, along said eastern line of Lot 9, a distance of 73.75 feet to the northeast corner of Lot 10; thence in a westerly direction, along the northern line of Lot 10, a distance of 161.7 feet to the eastern edge of Emory Drive; thence in a westerly direction crossing Emory Drive and along the southern line of Lot 5, Block B, Orange County Tax Map No. 52D a distance of about 85 feet to the southeastern corner of Lyda Orgain's property; thence in a northerly direction along the back property lines of Lots 2, 3, 4 and 5 about 433 feet to the northeastern corner of Lyda Orgain's property; then following the southern property line of Ridgefield Park, Section IV North 88 degrees 56 minutes West about 1,500 feet to the center line of Booker Creek; then down the center line of Booker Creek in a southerly direction about 1,550 feet to the southern bank of Bolin Creek; then along the south bank of Bolin Creek North 48 degrees 24 minutes West 450.9 feet to a point where the eastern edge of Rogerson Drive extended intersects Bolin Creek; then South 6 degrees 58 minutes West with the eastern edge of Rogerson Drive 5,462 feet to the center line of N.C. 54 (Raleigh Road); then southeastwardly along the center line of N.C. 54 past the entrance to Mason Farm Road 1,049.3 feet to a point on the extension of the eastern line of Lot 1, Block D, Orange County Tax Map #65, as revised 1/1/65; then along the eastern edge of said lot South 4 degrees 57 minutes East 320 feet to a corner of the University of North Carolina golf course property; then North 85 degrees 06 minutes West 301 feet to the center line of Mason Farm Road; then with the center line of Mason Farm Road in a southerly direction 1,682 feet to a point; then leaving the Mason Farm Road North 77 degrees 57 minutes West 210 feet; then North 5 degrees 47 minutes East 1,143.2 feet; then North 27 degrees 34 minutes West 518.8 feet; then North 30 degrees 51 minutes East 202.5 feet to the center line of Preswick Road; then with the center line of Preswick Road in a northwestwardly direction to its intersection with a street at the northeast corner of the Glenwood School property; thence South 6 degrees 00 minutes West 1,840 feet; then North 84 degrees 00 minutes West 1,981 feet to the center line of US 15-501 Bypass; then in a southerly direction with the center line of US Highway 15-501 Bypass 1,577 feet to the point where said highway crosses the Meeting of the Waters Branch; thence continuing southward along the meeting of the Waters Branch about 1,000 feet to a point on said branch, which said point is due north of the northeastern corner of Lot No. 24, Block G as shown on Orange County Tax Map #68; running thence due South about 125 feet to the northeastern corner of said Lot 24; thence with the rear of the eastern line of Lots 24, 23, and 22 in Block G on said Map, a distance of 667 feet to the north property line of Lot No. 20 as shown on said Map; running thence with the northern lot lines of Lot Nos. 20 and 21 as shown on said Map a distance of approximately 310 feet to the northeastern corner of Lot 21; running thence with the eastern line of said Lot No. 21 and an extension thereof in a southerly direction approximately 400 feet to the center line of Morgan Creek; then following Morgan Creek upstream in a generally westward direction approximately 6,900 feet to point at the southwestern corner of Lot 21; running thence with the eastern line of said Lot No. 8, Block A as shown on Orange County Tax Map No. 70; running thence along and with the rear or western lines of the lots on the west side of Morgan Creek Road as shown on said tax map in a northerly direction about 1545 feet to the south side of US 15-501-N.C. 54 Bypass; thence continuing along said line and across US 15-501 Bypass about 263 feet to a point one foot north thereof; thence continuing along a line located one foot north and west thereof along US 15-501 Bypass, and Business, and the ramp leading thereto, to a point one foot north of the northerly right-of-way line of N.C. 54 Bypass West about 5,000 feet to a point in Pritchard Branch; thence continuing southward along Pritchard Branch about 450 feet to the intersection of Pritchard Branch and Morgan Creek, the point of BEGINNING.

(8-13-70)

Charter reference— Town boundaries, § 1.3.

Sec. 2-2. - Voting precincts.

Voting precincts shall be bounded and described as fixed by ordinance from time to time.

(Ord. of 2-11-63)

Sec. 2-2.1. - Filing fees for election.

Filing fees for election to town office shall be as follows:

Council .....$ 5.00

Mayor .....10.00

(Ord. No. O-74-19, § 1, 3-21-74)

Sec. 2-3. - Regular meetings of council.

(a)

The council's regular business meetings shall begin at 7:00 p.m. effective on November 14, 1994, unless the council specifies another time for a given meeting or meetings by resolution or ordinance. Regular business meetings of the council shall be held on the second and fourth Monday of each month, unless otherwise specified by the council for meetings including but not limited to those in the months of July, August and December.

(b)

The starting time for public hearing meetings of the town council shall be 7:00 p.m. effective on November 21, 1994. Public hearing meetings shall be on the third Monday of the month from January through June and September through November, unless other date(s) is or are specified by the council for a given meeting or meetings.

(c)

The council may, by resolution or ordinance, amend the date, time, or place of a meeting.

(Ord. of 8-3-70, § 1; Ord. of 10-4-71, § 1; Ord. No. O-73-2, § 1, 2-5-75; Ord. No. O-73-24, § 1, 10-8-73; Ord. No. O-76-1, § 1, 1-26-76; Ord. No. O-79-26, 4-23-79; Ord. No. O-80-10, 1-28-80; Ord. No. O-81-37, § 1, 5-11-81; Ord. No. 89-9-11/O-1, § 1; Ord. No. 94-9-12/O-O.1a, §§ 1, 2)

Charter reference— Regular, special and emergency meetings, § 3.3.

State law reference— Regular and special meetings of council, G.S. § 160A-71.

Sec. 2-4. - Special meetings of council.

Special meetings of the council may be called and held as provided in the charter of the Town of Chapel Hill.

(Ord. of 8-3-70, § 1)

Charter reference— Regular, special and emergency meetings, § 3.3.

Sec. 2-5. - Reserved.

Editor's note—

Ord. No. O-81-15a, § 1, enacted Feb. 9, 1981, provided that § 2-5, relative to committees of council be deleted. Section 2 of said ordinance provided that the mayor and council would appoint ad hoc committees as necessary. Former § 2-5 was derived from Comp. 1961, p. 28, and Ord. No. O-80-57, § 1, adopted Aug. 25, 1980.

Sec. 2-6. - Parliamentary procedure to control council meetings.

Parliamentary usages shall be the rules of government in the deliberations of the council.

(Comp. 1961, p. 27)

Sec. 2-7. - Waiver of governmental immunity for certain purposes.

The town does hereby expressly waive its governmental immunity from liability for any damage by reason of death or injury to person or property, proximately caused by the negligent operation of any motor vehicle by an officer, agent, or employee of the town when acting within the scope of his authority or in the course of his employment to the extent of the amount of insurance in force at any time. This section shall not apply to any pending litigation and shall be effective from and after its adoption.

(Res. of 7-20-70)

Secs. 2-8—2-12. - Reserved.

Editor's note—

Ord. No. O-84-16, § 1, adopted Feb. 27, 1984, repealed §§ 2-8—2-12 relative to the mayor's committee on employment of the handicapped, which sections derived from §§ 1—4 of an ordinance adopted Nov. 24, 1969, and Ord. No. 0-73-1, § 1, adopted Jan. 15, 1973.

Secs. 2-13—2-22. - Reserved.