Blackwell v. City of Reidsville

EAGLES, Chief Judge.

We first consider whether the property descriptions in the annexation ordinances are metes and bounds descriptions where the property descriptions do not include courses and distances but make reference to “lots” that are not identified in the property descriptions.

Petitioners argue that the annexation statute expressly requires that in the annexation ordinance “[t]he external boundaries of the area to be annexed shall be described by metes and bounds.” G.S. 160A-49(e)(l). Petitioners first contend that the descriptions of the six annexation areas fail to comply with this…