§ 14-288.13. Powers of counties to enact ordinances to deal with states of emergency. - North Carolina Statutes

§14‑288.13.  Powers of counties to enact ordinances to deal with states ofemergency.

(a)        The governing bodyof any county may enact ordinances designed to permit the imposition ofprohibitions and restrictions during a state of emergency.

(b)        The ordinancesauthorized by this section may permit the same prohibitions and restrictions tobe imposed as enumerated in G.S. 14‑288.12(b).  The ordinances maydelegate to the chairman of the board of county commissioners the authority todetermine and proclaim the existence of a state of emergency, and to imposethose authorized prohibitions and restrictions appropriate at a particulartime.

(c)        No ordinanceenacted by a county under the authority of this section shall apply within thecorporate limits of any municipality, or within any area of the county overwhich the municipality has jurisdiction to enact general police‑powerordinances, unless the municipality by resolution consents to its application.

(d)        Any person whoviolates any provision of an ordinance or a proclamation enacted or proclaimedunder the authority of this section is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. (1969,c. 869, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 195; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)