Davidson County v. City of High Point

MEYER, Justice.

In this case we deal with the jurisdictional conflict between the statutory power cities possess to provide services through public enterprises and the statutory power counties possess to regulate the use of land within their boundaries through zoning ordinances. The issue to be resolved is whether a city-owned sewage treatment plant located outside the city but within the county, which is upgraded pursuant to the county’s special use permit, may be used by the city to provide sewer service to its citizens in newly annexed areas without complying with a condition attached to…