Gates Four v. City of Fayetteville

McCULLOUGH, Judge.

Proposed intervenors appeal from the trial court's order denying its motion to intervene in the proceedings involving the review of an annexation ordinance. On 24 November 2003, the City of Fayetteville adopted an ordinance annexing approximately 28 square miles and over 40,000 residents of Cumberland County. The annexation was to become effective on 30 June 2004. In North Carolina, an owner of annexed property can seek judicial review if the owner files a petition "[w]ithin 60 days following the passage of an annexation ordinance [.]" N.C. Gen.Stat. § 160A-50(a) (2003).

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