Land Use & Zoning

NC's statute allowing cities to annex land contiguously (touching the city boundary) is designed to:

AAllow cities to annex any land regardless of location
BEnsure that annexation results in logical, contiguous expansion of the city rather than scattered islands✓ Correct
CPrevent all annexation
DRequire state approval for every annexation

Explanation

NC annexation law generally requires that annexed territory be contiguous to (touching) the existing city boundary, preventing the creation of discontiguous 'island' annexations.

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