2013 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns.
Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.
Section 160A-176.1 - 1. Ordinances effective in Atlantic Ocean.
160A-176.1. Ordinances effective in Atlantic Ocean.
(a) A city may adopt ordinances to regulate and control swimming, surfing and littering in the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to that portion of the city within its boundaries or within its extraterritorial jurisdiction; provided, however, nothing contained herein shall be construed to permit any city to prohibit altogether swimming and surfing or to make these activities unlawful.
(b) This section shall apply only to cities in the counties of Brunswick, Carteret, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, New Hanover, Onslow, and Pender. (1973, c. 539, ss. 1, 2.)
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