CODE OF ORDINANCES BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

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Adopted: December 16, 1985

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Published in 1985 and Republished in 2006 by Order of the Board of County Commissioners

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OFFICIALS

of

BRUNSWICK COUNTY

AT THE TIME OF THE 1985 CODIFICATION

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Christopher Chappell

Chairman

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James L. Poole

Vice Chairman

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Grace Beasley

Frankie Rabon

Herman Love

Commissioners

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David L. Clegg

County Attorney

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William D. Carter

County Manager

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Regina E. White

Clerk to the Board of Commissioners

OFFICIALS

of

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

AT THE TIME OF REPUBLICATION

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David Sandifer

Chairman

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Phil Norris

Vice Chairman

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May Moore
Tom B. Rabon, Sr.
William M. Sue

Commissioners

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Huey Marshall

County Attorney

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Marty K. Lawing

County Manager

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Deborah S. Gore

Clerk to the Board of Commissioners

PREFACE

This Code constitutes a republication of the general and permanent ordinances of Brunswick County, North Carolina.

Source materials used in the preparation of the Code were the ordinances adopted by the board of commissioners. The source of each section is included in the history note appearing in parentheses at the end thereof. The absence of such a note indicates that the section is new and was adopted for the first time with the adoption of the Code. By use of the Comparative Tables appearing in the back of this volume, the reader can locate any ordinance included herein.

The chapters of the Code have been conveniently arranged in alphabetical order and the various sections within each chapter have been catchlined to facilitate usage. Footnotes which tie related sections of the Code together and which refer to relevant state laws have been included. A table listing the state law citations and setting forth their location within the Code is included at the back of this volume.

Chapter and Section Numbering System

The numbering system used in this Code is the same system used in many state and municipal codes. Each section number consists of three component parts separated by a dash, the first figure referring to the part number, the second figure referring to the chapter number and the third figure referring to the position of the section within the chapter. Thus, the first section of Chapter 1-11 is numbered 1-11-1 and the second section of Chapter 2-3 is 2-3-2. Under this system, each section is identified with its part and chapter and at the same time new sections or even whole chapters can be inserted in their proper place simply by using the decimal system for amendments. By way of illustration: If new material consisting of three sections that would logically come between sections 1-4-6 and 1-4-7 is desired to be added, such new sections would be numbered 1-4-6.1, 1-4-6.2 and 1-4-6.3 respectively. New chapters may be included in the same manner. If the new material is to be included between Chapters 2-3 and 2-4, it will be designated as Chapter 2-3.5. Care should be taken that the alphabetical arrangement of chapters is maintained when including new chapters. New articles and new divisions may be included in the same way or, in the case of articles, may be placed at the end of the chapter embracing the subject, and, in the case of divisions, may be placed at the end of the article embracing the subject, the next successive number being assigned to the article or division.

Page Numbering System

The page numbering system used in this Code is a prefix system. The letters to the left of the colon are an abbreviation which represents a certain portion of the volume. The number to the right of the colon represents the number of the page in that portion. In the case of a chapter of the Code, the number to the left of the colon indicates the number of the chapter. In the case of an appendix to the Code, the letter immediately to the left of the colon indicates the letter of the appendix. The following are typical parts of codes of ordinances, which may or may not appear in this Code at this time, and their corresponding prefixes:

CHARTER	CHT:1
CHARTER COMPARATIVE TABLE	CHTCT:1
CODE	CD1:1
CODE APPENDIX	CDA:1
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLES	CCT:1
STATUTORY REFERENCE TABLE	SLT:1
CHARTER INDEX	CHTi:1
CODE INDEX	CDi:1

 

Indexes

The general index of the Code has been prepared with the greatest of care. Each particular item has been placed under several headings, some of the headings being couched in lay phraseology, others in legal terminology, and still others in language generally used by municipal officials and employees. There are numerous cross references within the indexes themselves which stand as guideposts to direct the user to the particular item in which he is interested.

Looseleaf Supplements

A special feature of this Code to which the attention of the user is especially directed is the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental servicing for the Code. With this system, the Code will be kept up-to-date periodically. Upon the final passage of amendatory ordinances, they will be properly edited and the appropriate page or pages affected will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to holders of copies of the Code, with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages. Each such amendment, when incorporated into this Code, may be cited as a part hereof.

The successful maintenance of this Code up-to-date at all times will depend largely upon the holder of the volume. As revised sheets are received, it will then become the responsibility of the holder to have the amendments inserted according to the attached instructions. It is strongly recommended by the publishers that all such amendments be inserted immediately upon receipt to avoid misplacing them and, in addition, that all deleted pages be saved and filed for historical reference purposes.

Acknowledgments

This publication was under the direct supervision of Milton E. Lefkoff, editor, of the Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.

The publishers are most grateful to Mr. David L. Clegg, County Attorney, and Ms. Regina E. White, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners, for their cooperation and assistance during the progress of the work on this Code. It is hoped that their efforts and those of the publishers have resulted in a Code of Ordinances which will make the active law of the County readily accessible to all citizens and which will be a valuable tool in the day-to-day administration of the County's affairs.

This republication was under the direct supervision of John Dombroski, Vice President of Supplement Services and Elizabeth A. Butler, Supplement Editor, of the Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.

The publisher is most grateful to Huey Marshall, County Attorney, Debby Gore, Clerk of the Board of Commissioners and Margie Stephenson, Deputy Clerk, for their cooperation and assistance during the progress of the work on this republication.

MUNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION
Tallahassee, Florida

ADOPTING ORDINANCE

An Ordinance Adopting and Enacting a New Code for Brunswick County, North Carolina; Establishing the Same; Providing for the Repeal of Certain Ordinances Not Included Therein; Providing for the Manner of Amending and Supplementing Such Code; and Providing When Such Code and This Ordinance Shall Become Effective.

Be it Ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Brunswick County:

Section 1. The Code of Ordinances, consisting of Chapters 1-1 to 1-13 each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Ordinances, Brunswick County, North Carolina," which Code shall supersede all general and permanent ordinances of the municipality adopted on or before July 22, 1985, to the extent provided in section 2 hereof.

Section 2. All provisions of the Code shall be in full force and effect from and after December 16, 1985, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the municipality adopted on final passage on or before July 22, 1985, and not included in the Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein, are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of this Code.

Section 3. The repeal provided for in section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance which is repealed by this ordinance.

Section 4. Unless another penalty is expressly provided, a violation of any provision of the Code, or any ordinance of the county shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00), or imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty (30) days, as provided in section 1-1-11 of such Code.

Section 5. Any and all additions and amendments to the Code, when passed in the form as to indicate the intention of the board of commissioners to make the same a part of the Code, shall be deemed to be incorporated in the Code, so that reference to the Code shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.

Section 6. In case of the amendment of any section of the Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as provided in section 4 of this ordinance and in section 1-1-11 of such Code shall apply to the section as amended, or in case the amendment contains provisions for which a penalty, other than the aforementioned general penalty, is provided in another section in the same chapter, the penalty so provided in the other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended, unless the penalty is specifically repealed therein.

Section 7. Any ordinance adopted after July 22, 1985, which amends or refers to ordinances which have been codified in the Code, shall be construed as if it amends or refers to like provisions of the Code.

Section 8. This ordinance and the Code adopted hereby shall become effective December 16, 1985.

	/s/  Christopher L. Chappell       Chairman       Brunswick       County Commissioners

ATTEST:

/s/  Regina E. White       Clerk to the Board