CHAPTER 1 - DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS

Section 1-1 Definitions.........................................................................................................

Section 1-2 How Code Cited.................................................................................................

Section 1-3 Matters Included in and Excluded from Code....................................................

Section 1-4 Effect of Repeal or Expiration of Code Provisions............................................

Section 1-5 New Provisions Considered Continuations of Similar Existing Provisions.........

Section 1-6 References to General Statutes that are Later Amended....................................

Section 1-7 Section Headings...............................................................................................

Section 1-8 Computation of Time..........................................................................................

Section 1-9 Delegation of Authority.....................................................................................

Section 1-10 Penalties..........................................................................................................

Section 1-11 Severability......................................................................................................

Section 1-12 Miscellaneous..................................................................................................

CHAPTER 2 - PROCEDURES OF GOVERNING BODY

Article I - Meetings

Section 2-1 Regular Meetings...............................................................................................

Section 2-2 Special Meetings................................................................................................

Section 2-3 Emergency Meetings..........................................................................................

Section 2-4 Continued or Recessed Meetings.......................................................................

Article II - General Meeting Procedures

Section 2-6 Agenda..............................................................................................................

Section 2-7 Order of Business..............................................................................................

Section 2-8 Presiding Officer...............................................................................................

Section 2-9 Quorum..............................................................................................................

Section 2-10 Taking Official Action.....................................................................................

Section 2-11 Debate.............................................................................................................

Section 2-12 Voting..............................................................................................................

Section 2-13 Adoption of Ordinances...................................................................................

Section 2-14 Executive Sessions...........................................................................................

Section 2-15 Public Hearings...............................................................................................

Section 2-16 Minutes............................................................................................................

Article III - Motions

Section 2-21 Substantive and Procedural Motions...............................................................

Section 2-22 Motion to Amend..............................................................................................

Section 2-23 Motions to Dispose of Issue Without Deciding Merits......................................

Section 2-24 Motions to Revive or Reconsider an Issue.......................................................

Section 2-25 Reconsideration of Matters Disposed of on the Merits....................................

Section 2-26 Motion to Terminate Debate............................................................................

Section 2-27 Miscellaneous Motions....................................................................................

Article IV - Miscellaneous

Section 2-31 Qualifications for Office..................................................................................

Section 2-32 Appointments...................................................................................................

Section 2-33 Reference to Robert’s Rules of Order..............................................................

CHAPTER 3 - ADMINISTRATION

Article I - General Administration

Section 3-1 Mayor................................................................................................................

Section 3-2 Mayor Pro Tempore..........................................................................................

Section 3-3 Town Manager..................................................................................................

Section 3-4 Town Clerk........................................................................................................

Section 3-5 Town Attorney. .................................................................................................

Article II - Finance

Section 3-7 Finance Officer.................................................................................................

Section 3-8 Budget Officer...................................................................................................

Section 3-9 Tax Collector....................................................................................................

Article III - Personnel

Section 3-12 Personnel Responsibilities of Board...............................................................

Section 3-13 Personnel Officer............................................................................................

Article IV - Public Safety

Section 3-16 Police Department...........................................................................................

Section 3-17 Fire Department...............................................................................................

Article V - Planning and Regulation of Development

Section 3-20 Building Inspections Department....................................................................

Section 3-21 Permit Fees......................................................................................................

Section 3-22 Condemnation of Unsafe Buildings.................................................................

Section 3-23 Planning Board, Board of Adjustment, Appearance Commission.....................

Article VI - Public Works and Utilities

Section 3-26 Public Works Department................................................................................

Section 3-27 Water and Sewer Department..........................................................................

Article VII - Recreation

Section 3-30 Parks and Recreation Department...................................................................

Article VIII - Miscellaneous

Section 3-40 Oaths and Bonds of Officers and Employees...................................................

CHAPTER 5 - GENERAL OFFENSES

Section 5-1 Excessive, Unnecessary, Loud Noises Prohibited.............................................

Section 5-1.1 No Service or Consumption Outside Enclosed Structure................................

Section 5-1.2 Terminology....................................................................................................

Section 5-1.3 Noises Expressly Prohibited...........................................................................

Section 5-1.4 Owner and Occupant Responsibility...............................................................

Section 5-1.5 Exceptions......................................................................................................

Section 5-1.6 Enforcement....................................................................................................

Section 5-1.7 Penalties and Remedies...................................................................................

Section 5-3 Discharge of Firearms and Air Rifles...............................................................

Section 5-4 Operation of Public Enterprises Without Franchise..........................................

Section 5-5 Begging Prohibited...........................................................................................

Section 5-6 Consumption of Beer and Wine on Public Property Prohibited........................

Section 5-7 Display of Sexually Explicit Materials..............................................................

Section 5-8 Penalties and Remedies.....................................................................................

CHAPTER 6 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Article I - Definitions and Interpretations

Section 6-1 Definitions and Rules of Construction..............................................................

Article II - Traffic Control and Traffic Control Devices

Section 6-2 Stoplights Required at Certain Intersections and Locations..............................

Section 6-3 Flashing Red or Yellow Lights Required at Certain Intersections.....................

Section 6-4 Stop Signs Required at Certain Intersections....................................................

Section 6-5 One-Way Streets...............................................................................................

Section 6-6 Yield-Right-of-Way Signs at Certain Intersections............................................

Section 6-7 Turning Regulated............................................................................................

Section 6-8 Unlawful Passing..............................................................................................

Section 6-9 Crosswalks and Safety Zones...........................................................................

Section 6-10 Blocking Intersections and Crosswalks..........................................................

Article III - Speed Limits

Section 6-19 General Speed Limit........................................................................................

Section 6-20 Speed Limits....................................................................................................

Article IV - Parking

Section 6-23 Parking Prohibited; No Traffic Control Devices Required.............................

Section 6-24 Parking Prohibited on Certain Streets at Certain Times.................................

Section 6-25 Parking Prohibited for Certain Purposes.......................................................

Section 6-26 Parking Close to Curb; Marked Spaces.........................................................

Section 6-27 Angle Parking.................................................................................................

Section 6-28 Loading Zones Designated.............................................................................

Article V - Miscellaneous

Section 6-30 Funeral Possessions.......................................................................................

Section 6-31 Special Provisions for Bicycles, Toy Vehicles, et cetera..................................

Article VI - Penalties and Remedies

Section 6-35 Penalties and Remedies ..................................................................................

Article VII - Off-Street Parking Fund

Section 6-40 Off-Street Parking Fund ................................................................................

Appendix A - Street Lists for Traffic and Parking Regulations

Section 6A-1 State Highway System Streets.........................................................................

Section 6A-2 Stoplights........................................................................................................

Section 6A-3 No Right Turn on Red Intersections................................................................

Section 6A-4 Flashing Signals.............................................................................................

Section 6A-5 Stop Signs.......................................................................................................

Section 6A-6 Four Way Stop................................................................................................

Section 6A-7 One Way Streets.............................................................................................

Section 6A-8 Yield Intersections..........................................................................................

Section 6A-9 Turns Prohibited.............................................................................................

Section 6A-10 Crosswalks and Safety Zones.......................................................................

Section 6A-11 No-Thru Trucks Designated.........................................................................

Section 6A-12 Speed Limits..................................................................................................

Section 6A-13 Speed Limits Adjacent to Schools.................................................................

Section 6A-14 Parking Prohibited At All Times....................................................................

Section 6A-15 Parking Prohibited During Certain Hours...................................................

Section 6A-16 Two Hour Parking Allowed..........................................................................

CHAPTER 7 - STREETS AND SIDEWALKS

Article I - Obstructions

Section 7-1 Obstructions Prohibited....................................................................................

Section 7-2 Overhanging or Protruding Trees, Shrubs, Fences, et cetera...........................

Section 7-3 Drainage Related Interference With Sidewalks.................................................

Section 7-4 Warnings Required for Obstructions................................................................

Section 7-5 Depositing Injurious Materials on Street..........................................................

Section 7-6 Snow and Ice Removal......................................................................................

Article II - Driveways and Excavations

Section 7-11 Driveways.......................................................................................................

Section 7-12 Excavations....................................................................................................

Section 7-13 Town Indemnified............................................................................................

Article III - Miscellaneous

Section 7-16 Damaging Street Surfaces, Street Signs, Other Facilities................................

Section 7-17 House and Building Numbers.........................................................................

Section 7-l8 Administrator...................................................................................................

Section 7-19 Penalties and Remedies...................................................................................

CHAPTER 8 - TRADES AND BUSINESSES

Subchapter I - Privilege License Tax

Article I - Definitions and Construction

Section 8-1 Definitions.........................................................................................................

Section 8-2 Construction of this Subchapter........................................................................

Article II - Levy of Tax

Section 8-3 License and Payment of Tax Required...............................................................

Section 8-4 Exemptions.........................................................................................................

Section 8-5 Schedule of License Taxes.................................................................................

Article III - Licenses

Section 8-8 Period of License...............................................................................................

Section 8-9 Application........................................................................................................

Section 8-10 Separate Businesses, Multiple Businesses........................................................

Section 8-11 Reasons for Refusal or Revocation of a License..............................................

Section 8-12 Unqualified Applicant; Right to a Conference.................................................

Section 8-13 Tax Collector to Issue License; Payment of Tax a Prerequisite........................

Section 8-14 Amount of Tax Disputed...................................................................................

Section 8-15 Revocation.......................................................................................................

Section 8-16 Form and Contents of License.........................................................................

Section 8-17 Assignments.....................................................................................................

Section 8-18 Changes in Business Conducted by Licensee During Tax Year........................

Section 8-19 Tax Collector to Furnish Duplicates................................................................

Section 8-20 Record of Conferences....................................................................................

Section 8-21 Providing Notice to an Applicant or Licensee..................................................

Section 8-22 Special Provisions for Beer and Wine Licenses...............................................

Article IV - Enforcement and Collections

Section 8-26 Duty to Determine Whether Tax Due................................................................

Section 8-27 Duty to Post License........................................................................................

Section 8-28 Notice of Deficiency........................................................................................

Section 8-29 Request for a Conference................................................................................

Section 8-30 Deficiency to Become Final.............................................................................

Section 8-31 Conference Held..............................................................................................

Section 8-32 Collection of Deficiency.................................................................................

Section 8-33 Appeals............................................................................................................

Section 8-34 Enforcement of Chapter...................................................................................

Subchapter II - Regulation and Licensing of Businesses

Article V - Taxicabs

Section 8-40 Privilege License Required..............................................................................

Section 8-41 Criteria for Privilege License...........................................................................

Section 8-42 Operator's Permit.............................................................................................

Section 8-43 Taxicabs to Display Required Information.......................................................

Article VI - Peddlers, Etc.

Section 8-46 Definitions.......................................................................................................

Section 8-47 Commercial Solicitation Permit Required.........................................................

Section 8-48 Application Requirements; Grounds for Denial...............................................

Section 8-49 No Itinerant Merchants, Peddling or Soliciting in Central Business................

Article VII - Penalties and Remedies

Section 8-52 Penalties and Remedies....................................................................................

CHAPTER 9 - STATE OF EMERGENCY

Section 9-1 State of Emergency Defined..............................................................................

Section 9-2 State of Emergency Declared by Mayor...........................................................

Section 9-3 Contents of Proclamation.................................................................................

Section 9-4 Publication of Proclamation.............................................................................

Section 9-5 Effect of Proclamation; Curfew........................................................................

Section 9-6 Termination of State of Emergency...................................................................

Section 9-7 Penalties...........................................................................................................

CHAPTER 10 - REGULATION, CONTROL AND CARE OF ANIMALS

Article I - Definitions

Section 10-1 Definitions.......................................................................................................

Article II - Regulation and Control

Section 10-2 Running at Large.............................................................................................

Section 10-3 Animals Creating a Nuisance...........................................................................

Section 10-3.01 Cleaning Up After Animal...........................................................................

Section 10-4 Appeals............................................................................................................

Section 10-5 Vicious Animals................................................................................................

Section 10-6 Location and Maintenance of Animal Pens and Enclosures............................

Section 10-7 Impoundment, Release and Destruction...........................................................

Section 10-8 Interference with Administrator.......................................................................

Article III - Rabies

Section 10-13 Administrator to Cooperate in Vaccination Program.....................................

Section 10-14 Quarantine of Animals Suspected of Having Rabies......................................

Section 10-15 Disposition of Rabid Animals.........................................................................

Article IV - Care and Protection

Section 10-18 Care Required; Abandonment Prohibited......................................................

Section 10-19 Cruelty to Animals..........................................................................................

Section 10-20 Responsibility of Person Injuring Animal.......................................................

Article V - Penalties and Remedies

Section 10-23 Penalties and Remedies..................................................................................

CHAPTER 11 - SOLID WASTES, SCRAP MATERIALS, ABANDONED VEHICLES, WEEDS

Article I - Definitions

Section 11-1 Definitions.......................................................................................................

Article II - Control of Solid Wastes, Scrap Materials, Noxious Growth

Section 11-2 Accumulation of Solid Wastes and Debris Prohibited......................................

Section 11-3 Dumping or Littering on Public or Private Property.......................................

Section 11-4 Transportation of Solid Waste Within Town.....................................................

Section 11-5 Burning or Burying Solid Wastes.....................................................................

Section 11-6 Accumulation of Scrap Materials.....................................................................

Section 11-7 Noxious Growth...............................................................................................

Article III - Storage and Collection of Solid Wastes

Section 11-10 Administration and Regulations.....................................................................

Section 11-11 General Prohibitions.....................................................................................

Section 11-12 Property Owners To Provide Adequate Solid Waste Receptacles...................

Section 11-13 Storage and Collection Practices: Premises Served by Dumpsters.................

Section 11-14 Storage and Collection Practices: Premises Not Served by Dumpsters..........

Section 11-15 Special Collections........................................................................................

Section 11-16 Wet Garbage..................................................................................................

Section 11-17 Construction and Demolition Waste...............................................................

Section 11-18 Contents of Solid Waste Containers; Restrictions..........................................

Section 11-19 Maintenance of Public Access.......................................................................

Section 11-20 Access to Private Property.............................................................................

Section 11-21 Ownership and Control of Solid Waste..........................................................

Section 11-22 Purpose and Intent of Recycling Program.....................................................

Section 11-23 Recycling of Solid Wastes..............................................................................

Section 11-24 Manner of Collection.....................................................................................

Section 11-25 Penalties for Failure to Recycle.....................................................................

Section 11-26 Rates..............................................................................................................

Article IV - Abandoned and Junked Motor Vehicles

Section 11-26.01 General Provisions...................................................................................

Section 11-27 Notice Required Before Vehicle Removed......................................................

Section 11-28 Notice Required When Vehicle Removed........................................................

Section 11-29 Use of Private Towing Operators..................................................................

Article V - Enforcement

Part I. Ordinary Penalties and Remedies

Section 11-36 Penalties and Remedies..................................................................................

Section 11-37 Violations Resulting from Continuing Conditions..........................................

Part II. Extraordinary Remedies

Section 11-38 Summary Abatement of Conditions Dangerous to the Public Health..............

Section 11-39 Notice Required.............................................................................................

Section 11-40 Hearing Procedures......................................................................................

Section 11-41 Order.............................................................................................................

CHAPTER 12 - FIRE PROTECTION

Article I - Interference with Fire Fighting Activities

Section 12-1 Interference with Firemen: False Alarms........................................................

Section 12-2 Riding on Fire Department Apparatus.............................................................

Section 12-3 Congregating at Fires......................................................................................

Article II - Fire Prevention

Section 12-9 Adoption of Volume V, North Carolina State Building Code............................

Section 12-10 Inspections.....................................................................................................

Section 12-11 Violations.......................................................................................................

Section 12-12 Open Burning................................................................................................

Section 12-13 Smoke Detectors............................................................................................

Article III - Miscellaneous

Section 12-16 Fire Limits......................................................................................................

Section 12-17 Fire Chief......................................................................................................

Section 12-18 Burnt Utility Poles..........................................................................................

Section 12-19 Penalties and Remedies..................................................................................

CHAPTER 12A - REGULATION OF BLASTING AND DETONATION OF EXPLOSIVES

Section 12A-1 Purpose.........................................................................................................

Section 12A-2 Scope of Ordinance.......................................................................................

Section 12A-3 Definitions.....................................................................................................

Section 12A-4 Permit Required for Use of Certain Explosives..............................................

Section 12A-5 Permit Required for Each Separate Occasion; Continuous Permit................

Section 12A-6 Information Contained in Application...........................................................

Section 12A-7 Bond or Liability Insurance Required............................................................

Section 12A-8 Action on Application....................................................................................

Section 12A-9 Denial of Application....................................................................................

Section 12A-10 Revocation of Blasting Permit......................................................................

Section 12A-11 Transfer.......................................................................................................

Section 12A-12 General Provisions......................................................................................

Section 12A-13 Record Keeping...........................................................................................

Section 12A-14 Penalties......................................................................................................

CHAPTER 13 - CEMETERIES

Article I - Definitions: Application

Section 13-1 Definitions.......................................................................................................

Section 13-2 Application of Provisions.................................................................................

Article II - General Regulations

Section 13-3 Burial Only in Cemeteries................................................................................

Section 13-4 Disruptive Activity Prohibited..........................................................................

Section 13-5 Desecration of Public and Private Cemeteries.................................................

Section 13-6 Removing or Defacing Monuments and Tombstones........................................

Section 13-7 Hours of Operation.........................................................................................

Section 13-8 Trees, Plantings, Landscaping.........................................................................

Article III - Designation and Sale of Cemetery Lots

Section 13-11 Cemetery Map Required...............................................................................

Section 13-12 Purchase of Burial Rights..............................................................................

Section 13-13 Rights of Owner of Deed or Certificate of Burial Right.................................

Section 13-14 Speculation in Burial Rights Prohibited.........................................................

Article IV - Mausoleums, Monuments, and Markers

Section 13-17 Mausoleums...................................................................................................

Section 13-18 Monuments....................................................................................................

Section 13-19 Markers.........................................................................................................

Article V - Penalties and Remedies

Section 13-21 Penalties and Remedies..................................................................................

CHAPTER 14 - UTILITIES

Subchapter I - General Provisions

Article I - General Provisions

Section 14-1 Definitions......................................................................................................

Section 14-2 Penalties and Remedies....................................................................................

Subchapter II - Service to Properties Previously Connected to the Water or Sewer System

Article II - Service Regulations

Section 14-6 Application for Service...................................................................................

Section 14-7 Denial of Service for Nonpayment of Prior Accounts.....................................

Section 14-8 Deposit...........................................................................................................

Section 14-9 Rates................................................................................................................

Section 14-10 Minimum Service Charge..............................................................................

Section 14-11 Access to Premises........................................................................................

Section 14-12 Meter Reading and Determination of Charges.............................................

Section 14-13 Bills...............................................................................................................

Section 14-14 Verification of Meter Readings.....................................................................

Section 14-15 Calculation of Bill Where Equipment Fails...................................................

Section 14-15.1 Customer Service Line Leaks or Breaks (Adjustments)..............................

Section 14-16 Prohibited Activities.......................................................................................

Section 14-17 Town Property and Maintenance Thereof....................................................

Article III - Town and Customer Responsibilities

Section 14-21 Town’s Responsibility and Liability...............................................................

Section 14-22 Customer's Responsibilities............................................................................

Article IV - Service Termination and Reinstatement

Section 14-26