2013 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns.
Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.
Section 160A-194 - Regulating and licensing businesses, trades, etc.
160A-194. Regulating and licensing businesses, trades, etc.
(a) A city 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 professions, the city may, consistent with the general law of the State, require applicants for licenses to be examined and charge a reasonable fee therefor. Nothing in this section shall impair the city's power to levy privilege license taxes on occupations, businesses, trades, professions, and other activities pursuant to G.S. 160A-211.
(b) Nothing in this section shall authorize a city to examine or license a person holding a license issued by an occupational licensing board of this State as to the profession or trade that he has been licensed to practice or pursue by the State.
(c) Nothing in this section shall authorize a city to regulate and license digital dispatching services for prearranged transportation services for hire. (1971, c. 698, s. 1; 2013-413, s. 12.1(a).)
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