NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 798

SENATE BILL 470

 

 

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON THE BEACH STRAND ON BOGUE BANKS BETWEEN BEAUFORT INLET AND BOGUE INLET.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, park, or leave standing any motor vehicle on that area lying to the West of Beaufort Inlet to the South of the line of sand dunes, to the East of Bogue Inlet, and to the North of the low water mark of the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, which area is hereby designated and defined as the beach strand; provided, however, that this Section shall not apply to beach buggies, jeeps, trucks, tractors or motor vehicles operated for commercial or sports fishing purposes, and shall not apply to motor vehicles operated in connection with the construction of real or personal improvements on the said beach strand or contiguous areas; and provided further that this Section shall not apply to motor vehicles operated in connection with and owned by the Government of the United States of America or the State of North Carolina, or any political subdivision or agency thereof.

Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle operated on the beach strand area as herein defined in accordance with and under the exceptions set out above to operate at a speed in excess of twenty-five miles per hour. Appropriate signs shall be posted by the State Highway Commission on the highway leading from Fort Macon to and including the Village of Salter Path.

Sec. 3. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisoned not more than thirty days, in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of June, 1965.