High Point is raising objections to proposed legislation in the N.C. General Assembly that would change billboard regulation, the High Point Enterprise reported.

N.C. House Bill 309 and Senate Bill 183 would enable existing billboards to advertise digitally.

They would have messages constantly changing at least every eight seconds and would have to be at least 1,500 feet apart from each other.

The bill would allow conversion of existing billboards to digital billboards regardless of local regulations, the paper reported.

The city’s development ordinance does not permit digital billboards within the city’s zoning jurisdiction, according to the paper.

The bill would override the area ban and the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction and its planning area.

The High Point City Council Thursday adopted a resolution opposing proposed legislation concerning gas tax, according to the High Point Enterprise.

N.C. House Bill 399 would cap the tax at its current rate of 32.5 cents per gallon, the paper reported.

Opponents said this would deplete needed transportation funding for the state and local governments.

“Although none of us like to pay taxes we recognize that roads are generally provided by government and in North Carolina that has meant the State and Cities since 1931,” Mayor Becky Smothers, said according to the High Point Enterprise.

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High Point residents are being asked which of the city’s services and priorities they would like to see addressed, according to the High Point Enterprise.

Surveys were recently mailed to between 1,000 to 1,200 randomly-selected households all over the city, the paper reported.

Officials said their goal is to get at least 400 responses.

The results will be used to help guide how the city allocates funds and what the citizens want the city council to focus on, the paper reported.

“We’ve gotten some calls on them, so I know people have them, and hopefully they’re filling them out and sending them back in,” said Assistant City Manager Pat Pate, according to the High Point Enterprise.

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