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§ 113A-205 – Short title.

113A-205. Short title. This Article shall be known as the Mountain Ridge Protection Act of 1983. (1983, c. 676, s. 1.)

§ 113A-206 – Definitions.

113A-206. Definitions. Within the meaning of this Article: (1) The word "person" includes any individual, partnership, firm, association, joint venture, public or private corporation, trust, estate, commission, board, public or private institution, utility, cooperative, interstate body, the State of North Carolina and its agencies and political subdivisions, or other legal entity. (2) A person, as […]

§ 113A-207 – Legislative findings.

113A-207. Legislative findings. The construction of tall or major buildings and structures on the ridges and higher elevations of North Carolina’s mountains in an inappropriate or badly designed manner can cause unusual problems and hazards to the residents of and to visitors to the mountains. Supplying water to, and disposing of the sewage from, buildings […]

§ 113A-208 – Regulation of mountain ridge construction by counties and cities.

113A-208. Regulation of mountain ridge construction by counties and cities. (a) Any county or city may adopt, effective not later than January 1, 1984, and may enforce an ordinance that regulates the construction of tall buildings or structures on protected mountain ridges by any person. The ordinance may provide for the issuance of permits to […]

§ 113A-209 – Certain buildings prohibited.

113A-209. Certain buildings prohibited. (a) This section applies beginning January 1, 1984, in any county or city that has failed to adopt a ridge protection ordinance pursuant to G.S. 113A-208 by January 1, 1984. (b) No county or city may authorize the construction of, and no person may construct, a tall building or structure on […]