153A-121. General ordinance-making power. (a) A county may by ordinance define, regulate, prohibit, or abate acts, omissions, or conditions detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of its citizens and the peace and dignity of the county; and may define and abate nuisances. (b) This section does not authorize a county to regulate or control […]
153A-122. Territorial jurisdiction of county ordinances. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the board of commissioners may make any ordinance adopted pursuant to this Article applicable to any part of the county not within a city. (b) The governing board of a city may by resolution permit a county ordinance adopted pursuant to […]
153A-123. Enforcement of ordinances. (a) A county may provide for fines and penalties for violation of its ordinances and may secure injunctions and abatement orders to further insure compliance with its ordinances, as provided by this section. (b) Except for the types of ordinances listed in subsection (b1) of this section, violation of a county […]
153A-124. Enumeration not exclusive. The enumeration in this Article or other portions of this Chapter of specific powers to define, regulate, prohibit, or abate acts, omissions, or conditions is not exclusive, nor is it a limit on the general authority to adopt ordinances conferred on counties by G.S. 153A-121. (1973, c. 822, s. 1.)
153A-125. Regulation of solicitation campaigns, flea markets and itinerant merchants. A county may by ordinance regulate, restrict, or prohibit the solicitation of contributions from the public for charitable or eleemosynary purposes, and also the business activities of itinerant merchants, salesmen, promoters, drummers, peddlers, flea market operators and flea market vendors and hawkers. These ordinances may […]
153A-126. Regulation of begging. A county may by ordinance prohibit or regulate begging or otherwise canvassing the public for contributions for the private benefit of the solicitor or any other person. (1973, c. 822, s. 1.)
153A-127. Abuse of animals. A county may by ordinance define and prohibit the abuse of animals. (1973, c. 822, s. 1.)
153A-128. Regulation of explosive, corrosive, inflammable, or radioactive substances. A county may by ordinance regulate, restrict, or prohibit the sale, possession, storage, use or conveyance of any explosive, corrosive, inflammable, or radioactive substance or of any weapon or instrumentality of mass death and destruction. (1973, c. 822, s. 1.)
153A-129. Firearms. (a) Except as provided in this section, a county may by ordinance regulate, restrict, or prohibit the discharge of firearms at any time or place except in any of the following instances: (1) When used to take birds or animals pursuant to Chapter 113, Subchapter IV. (2) When used in defense of person […]
153A-130. Pellet guns. A county may by ordinance regulate, restrict, or prohibit the sale, possession, or use of pellet guns or any other mechanism or device designed or used to project a missile by compressed air or mechanical action with less than deadly force. (1973, c. 822, s. 1.)
153A-131. Possession or harboring of dangerous animals. A county may by ordinance regulate, restrict, or prohibit the possession or harboring of animals which are dangerous to persons or property. No such ordinance shall have the effect of permitting any activity or condition with respect to a wild animal which is prohibited or more severely restricted […]
153A-132. Removal and disposal of abandoned and junked motor vehicles; abandoned vessels. (a) Grant of Power. – A county may by ordinance prohibit the abandonment of motor vehicles on public grounds and private property within the county’s ordinance-making jurisdiction and on county-owned property wherever located. The county may enforce the ordinance by removing and disposing […]
153A-132.1. To provide for the removal and disposal of trash, garbage, etc. The board of county commissioners of any county is hereby authorized to enact ordinances governing the removal, method or manner of disposal, depositing or dumping of any trash, debris, garbage, litter, discarded cans or receptacles or any waste matter whatsoever within the rural […]
153A-132.2. Regulation, restraint and prohibition of abandonment of junked motor vehicles. (a) A county may by ordinance regulate, restrain or prohibit the abandonment of junked motor vehicles on public grounds and on private property within the county’s ordinance-making jurisdiction upon a finding that such regulation, restraint or prohibition is necessary and desirable to promote or […]
153A-133. Noise regulation. A county may by ordinance regulate, restrict, or prohibit the production or emission of noises or amplified speech, music, or other sounds that tend to annoy, disturb, or frighten its citizens. (1973, c. 822, s. 1.)
153A-134. Regulating and licensing businesses, trades, etc. (a) A county may by ordinance, subject to the general law of the State, regulate and license occupations, businesses, trades, professions, and forms of amusement or entertainment and prohibit those that may be inimical to the public health, welfare, safety, order, or convenience. In licensing trades, occupations, and […]
153A-135. Regulation of places of amusement. A county may by ordinance regulate places of amusement and entertainment, and may regulate, restrict, or prohibit the operation of pool and billiard halls, dance halls, carnivals, circuses, or itinerant shows or exhibitions of any kind. Places of amusement and entertainment include coffeehouses, cocktail lounges, nightclubs, beer halls, and […]
153A-136. Regulation of solid wastes. (a) A county may by ordinance regulate the storage, collection, transportation, use, disposal, and other disposition of solid wastes. Such an ordinance may: (1) Regulate the activities of persons, firms, and corporations, both public and private. (2) Require each person wishing to commercially collect or dispose of solid wastes to […]
153A-138. Registration of mobile homes, house trailers, etc. A county may by ordinance provide for the annual registration of mobile homes, house trailers and similar vehicular equipment designed for use as living or business quarters and for the display of a sticker or other device thereon as evidence of such registration. No fee shall be […]
153A-139. Regulation of traffic at parking areas and driveways. The governing body of any county may, by ordinance, regulate the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles in specified areas of any parking areas or driveways of a hospital, shopping center, apartment house, condominium complex, or commercial office complex or any other privately owned public vehicular […]
