Community Term
ETJ (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction)
An area outside a town's corporate limits where the town still exercises planning and zoning authority under North Carolina law. A property can be in a town's ETJ without being inside the town.
Community and geography terms describe how Skyecroft sits inside southern Union County — addresses, jurisdictions, school zones, and shared land.
For the wider treatment of this subject, read The Community. Definitions here are general editorial explanations of common usage — they are not legal definitions and do not interpret any specific recorded document. See Disclosures.
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- Union County Public Schools
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- Gatehouse
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