McNeill v. Harnett County

BECTON, Judge.

Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that defendants failed to comply with statutory and constitutional provisions in seeking to require plaintiffs to connect their properties to a new sewer line. Essentially, we must decide whether a county has to comply with certain provisions of N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 153A before it may levy certain charges to finance the construction of a sewage system. We hold that such compliance is required. Because we agree that the defendants failed to comply with statutorily-mandated procedures, we do not reach the constitutional…