§ 153A-375. Establishment of fire limits. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 153A‑375. Establishment of fire limits.

A county may by ordinance establish and define fire limits in any areawithin the county and not within a city. The limits may include only businessand industrial areas. Within any fire limits, no frame or wooden building oraddition thereto may be erected, altered, repaired, or moved (either into thefire limits or from one place to another within the limits) except upon thepermit of the inspection department and approval of the Commissioner ofInsurance. The board of commissioners may make additional regulations necessaryfor the prevention, extinguishment, or mitigation of fires within the firelimits. (1969, c. 1066, s.1; 1973, c. 822, s. 1.)