<div class="chunk-title">Article X. - Waiver of Water and Sewer or All Utility Assessments</div>
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               A.
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               <span class="ital">No Connection Required.</span>
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               1.
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               A landowner belonging to the District shall not be required to connect to Craven County
               water and/or sewer systems.
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               2.
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               A landowner belonging to an Enhanced District shall not be required to connect to
               Craven County utility systems.
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               B.
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               <span class="ital">Abeyance.</span>
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               1.
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               Water and sewer assessments shall be held in abeyance, without interest, for farms
               in a District, until improvements on such property are connected to the water or sewer
               system for which the assessment was made.
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               2.
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               Utility assessments shall be held in abeyance, without interest, for farms in an Enhanced
               District, until improvements on such property are connected to the utility system
               for which the assessment was made.
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               C.
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               <span class="ital">Termination of Abeyance.</span> When the period of abeyance ends, the assessment is payable in accordance with the
               terms set out in the assessment resolution.
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               D.
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               <span class="ital">Suspension of Statute of Limitations.</span> Statutes of limitations are suspended during the time that any assessment is held
               in abeyance without interest. The landowner may be required to sign an acknowledgement
               (that may be incorporated into the Conservation Agreement) of the abeyance of the
               statute of limitations upon collecting water and sewer assessments, or other utility
               assessments.
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               E.
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               <span class="ital">Other Statutory Abeyance Procedures.</span> Nothing in this section is intended to diminish the authority of the County to hold
               assessments in abeyance under N.C.G.S. Â§ 153A-201, or other applicable law.
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               F.
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               <span class="ital">Conflict with Water and/or Sewer System Construction and Improvements Grants.</span> 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 Ordinance shall apply.
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               (Ord. of 1-5-2009, Art. X; Ord. of 12-19-2011, Art. X)
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