GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 978

HOUSE BILL 1690

 

AN ACT TO PERMIT TOWNS IN DARE COUNTY TO ENACT CERTAIN FIRE PREVENTION ORDINANCES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 389 of the 1985 Session Laws are rewritten to read:

"Section 1. Chapter 160A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

'§ 160A-183.1.  Regulation of flammable buildings-A city may by ordinance restrict, regulate, or prohibit the construction of buildings and structures to ensure that they are not or will not constitute fire hazards; however, the ordinance may not conflict with or exceed the provisions of the North Carolina State Building Code as adopted under G.S. 143-138.'

Sec. 2.  This act applies to all incorporated towns in Dare County only."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of July, 1986.