GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 651
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/11/95

Short Title:  Nags Head Noise.	(Local)

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March 30, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW THE TOWN OF NAGS HEAD TO REGULATE NOISE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND OTHER WATERWAYS ADJACENT TO THAT PORTION OF THE TOWN WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES OR WITHIN ITS TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 160A-184 reads as rewritten:
"§ 160A-184.  Noise regulation.
(a)	A city 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 city 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 that are produced in, or emitted from, the Atlantic Ocean and other waterways adjacent to that portion of the city within its boundaries or within its extraterritorial jurisdiction."
Sec. 2.  This act applies to the Town of Nags Head only.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.