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Princeton commissioners vote to investigate annexation petition for 398 Holt Pond Road; single‑lot petition denied under state statute
Summary
The board denied a partial‑subdivision annexation petition because state law requires annexing entire subdivisions, and then adopted a resolution to investigate a separate petition for 398 Holt Pond Road (54.8 acres). Recorded motions passed by voice vote 4–0.
The Princeton Board of Commissioners refused to proceed with a partial annexation petition for one parcel in a five‑lot subdivision after staff told the board that North Carolina General Statute 168‑58.1(b) requires annexing an entire subdivision rather than one lot.
A staff explanation identified the parcel in question as one of five in a subdivision and said the petition was denied “due to the general statute.” Board members discussed whether the other lot owners wanted to be annexed; staff said only the one owner had expressed interest.
Separately, the board considered a petition to investigate annexation of 398 Holt Pond Road, a parcel reported by staff as about 54.8 acres. Commissioner (not specified) moved that the clerk investigate the petition for parcel number 04paul10047; a second was recorded and the board approved the motion by voice vote. The chair called “All in favor, raise your right hand. Motion passes. 4‑0.”
No ordinance adopting annexation was enacted at the meeting; the board took the procedural step of authorizing staff to investigate the petition for the Holt Pond Road parcel, which is described in the meeting as backing up to Lakeview and near the elementary school. Staff said if all lots in a subdivision sign an annexation agreement and an ordinance is adopted after a public hearing, annexation could proceed.
The board’s decisions were recorded during the regular agenda’s annexation item; no final annexation ordinance was passed at this meeting.
