§ 160A-185. Emission of pollutants or contaminants. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 160A‑185.  Emission of pollutants orcontaminants.

A city may by ordinance regulate, restrict, or prohibit the emission ordisposal of substances or effluents that tend to pollute or contaminate land,water, or air, rendering or tending to render it injurious to human health orwelfare, to animal or plant life or to property, or interfering or tending tointerfere with the enjoyment of life or property. A city may by ordinanceregulate the illegal disposal of solid waste, including littering on public andprivate property, provide for enforcement by civil penalties as well as otherremedies, and provide that such regulations may be enforced by city employeesspecially appointed as environmental enforcement officers. Any such ordinanceshall be consistent with and supplementary to State and federal laws andregulations. (1917, c. 136, subch. 5,s. 1; 1919, cc. 136, 237; C.S., s. 2787; 1949, c. 594, s. 2; 1971, c. 698, s.1; 1973, c. 426, s. 26; 2001‑512, s. 6.)