GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1991 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 5

HOUSE BILL 85

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE CURRITUCK COUNTY TO ESTABLISH NOISE DISTRICTS AND TO REGULATE NOISE WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 153A-133 reads as rewritten:

"§ 153A-133. Noise regulation.

(a)       A county may by ordinance regulate, restrict, or prohibit the production or emission of noises or amplified speech, music, or other sounds that tend to annoy, disturb, or frighten its citizens.

(b)       A county may establish districts within that county and may regulate unreasonably loud noise within those districts."

Sec. 2.  This act applies only to Currituck County.

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of March, 1991.

 

 

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James C. Gardner

President of the Senate

 

 

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Daniel Blue, Jr.

Speaker of the House of Representatives