A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow the town of carrboro to require sprinklers in bars, clubs, and other similar places of public assembly that have gatherings of more than one hundred people and sell alcoholic beverages.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Carrboro Town Charter, being Chapter 476 of the 1987 Session Laws, as amended, is further amended by adding a new subsection 9‑5(c) to read:
"(c)	Notwithstanding any provision in the North Carolina State Building Code or any other provision of law, the Board of Aldermen may adopt an ordinance requiring that sprinkler systems be installed in bars, clubs, and other places of public assembly that are designed for occupancy by 100 or more persons and that sell alcoholic beverages.  This ordinance may be made applicable to any new occupancy prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy. The ordinance may also be made applicable to any existing occupancy at the end of a period of three years following the date of enactment of the ordinance."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.