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NC Gen Stat § 160A-296 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 15 - Streets, Traffic and Parking.|§ 160A-296 - Establishment and control of streets; center and edge lines.

 160A-296. Establishment and control of streets; center and edge lines.(a) A city shall have general authority and control over all public streets, sidewalks, alleys, bridges, and other ways of public passage within its corporate limits except to the extent that authority and control over certain streets and bridges is vested in the Board of Transportation. General authority and control includes but is not limited to all of the following:(1) The duty to keep the public streets, sidewalks, alleys, and bridges in proper repair.(2) The duty to keep the public streets, sidewalks, alleys, and bridges open for travel and free from unnecessary obstructions.(3) The power to open new streets and alleys, and to widen, extend, pave, clean, and otherwise improve existing streets, sidewalks, alleys, and bridges, and to acquire the necessary land therefor by dedication and acceptance, purchase, or eminent domain.(4) The power to close any street or alley either permanently or temporarily.(5) The power to regulate the use of the public streets, sidewalks, alleys, and bridges.(6) The power to regulate, license, and prohibit digging in the streets, sidewalks, or alleys, or placing therein or thereon any pipes, poles, wires, fixtures, or appliances of any kind either on, above, or below the surface. To the extent a municipality is authorized under applicable law to impose a fee or charge with respect to activities conducted in its rights-of-way, the fee or charge must apply uniformly and on a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory basis to all comparable activities by similarly situated users of the rights-of-way. No fee or charge for activities conducted in the right-of-way shall be assessed on businesses listed in G.S. 160A-206(b), except the following:a. Fees to recover any difference between a city's right-of-way management expenses related to the activities of businesses listed in G.S. 160A-206(b) and distributions under Article 5 of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes.b. Payments under agreements subject to G.S. 62-350.(7) The power to provide for lighting the streets, alleys, and bridges of the city.(8) The power to grant easements in street rights-of-way as permitted by G.S. 160A-273.(a1) A city with a population of 250,000 or over according to the most recent decennial federal census may also exercise the power granted by subdivision (a)(3) of this section within its extraterritorial planning jurisdiction. Before a city makes improvements under this subsection, it shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Transportation to provide for maintenance.(b) Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 530, s. 6, effective January 1, 1992.  (1917, c. 136, subch. 5, s. 1; subch. 10, s. 1; 1919, cc. 136, 237; C.S., ss. 2787, 2793; 1925, c. 200; 1963, c. 986; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1979, c. 598; 1991, c. 530, s. 6; 2001-261, s. 1; 2006-151, s. 14; 2016-103, s. 9(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-297 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 15 - Streets, Traffic and Parking.|§ 160A-297 - Streets under authority of Board of Transportation.

 160A-297. Streets under authority of Board of Transportation.(a) A city shall not be responsible for maintaining streets or bridges under the authority and control of the Board of Transportation, and shall not be liable for injuries to persons or property resulting from any failure to do so.(b) Nothing in this Article shall authorize any city to interfere with the rights and privileges of the Board of Transportation with respect to streets and bridges under the authority and control of the Board of Transportation. (1925, c. 71, s. 3; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1987, c. 747, s. 3.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-300 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 15 - Streets, Traffic and Parking.|§ 160A-300 - Traffic control.

 160A-300. Traffic control.A city may by ordinance prohibit, regulate, divert, control, and limit pedestrian or vehicular traffic upon the public streets, sidewalks, alleys, and bridges of the city. (1917, c. 136, subch. 5, s. 1; 1919, cc. 136, 237; C.S., s. 2787; 1941, c. 153, ss. 1, 2; c. 272; 1947, c. 7; 1953, c. 171; 1965, c. 945; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-300.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 15 - Streets, Traffic and Parking.|§ 160A-300.6 - Regulation of golf carts on streets, roads, and highways.

 160A-300.6. Regulation of golf carts on streets, roads, and highways.(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 20-50 and G.S. 20-54, a city may, by ordinance, regulate the operation of golf carts, as defined in G.S. 20-4.01(12b), on any public street, road, or highway where the speed limit is 35 miles per hour or less within its municipal limits or on any property owned or leased by the city.(b) By ordinance, a city may require the registration of golf carts, charge a fee for the registration, specify who is authorized to operate golf carts, and specify the required equipment, load limits, and the hours and methods of operation of golf carts. No person less than 16 years of age may operate a golf cart on a public street, road, or highway.  (2009-459, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-302 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 15 - Streets, Traffic and Parking.|§ 160A-302 - Off-street parking facilities.

 160A-302. Off-street parking facilities.A city shall have authority to own, acquire, establish, regulate, operate, and control off-street parking lots, parking garages, and other facilities for parking motor vehicles, and to make a charge for the use of such facilities. (1917, c. 136, subch. 5, s. 1; 1919, cc. 136, 237; C.S., s. 2787; 1941, c. 153, ss. 1, 2; c. 272; 1947, c. 7; 1953, c. 171; 1965, c. 945; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-302.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 15 - Streets, Traffic and Parking.|§ 160A-302.1 - Fishing from bridges regulated.

 160A-302.1. Fishing from bridges regulated.The governing body of any city is hereby authorized to enact an ordinance prohibiting or regulating fishing from any bridge for the purpose of protecting persons fishing on the bridge from passing vehicular or rail traffic. Such ordinance may also prohibit or regulate fishing from any bridge one mile beyond the corporate limits of the city where the board or boards of county commissioners by resolution agree to such prohibition or regulation; provided, however, that the board or boards of county commissioners may upon 30 days' written notice withdraw their respective approval of the municipal ordinance, and that ordinance shall have no further effect within that county's jurisdiction. The ordinance shall provide that signs shall be posted on any bridge where fishing is prohibited or regulated reflecting such prohibition or regulation. In any event, no one may fish from the drawspan of any regularly attended drawbridge.The police department of the city is hereby vested with the jurisdiction and authority to enforce any ordinance passed pursuant to this section.The authority granted under the provisions of this section shall be subject to the authority of the Board of Transportation to prohibit fishing on any bridge on the State highway system. (1971, c. 690, ss. 2, 3, 6; c. 896, s. 15; 1973, c. 426, s. 49; c. 507, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-303.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 15 - Streets, Traffic and Parking.|§ 160A-303.1 - Regulation of the placing of trash, refuse and garbage within municipal limits.

 160A-303.1. Regulation of the placing of trash, refuse and garbage within municipal limits.The governing body of any municipality is hereby authorized to enact an ordinance prohibiting the placing, discarding, disposing or leaving of any trash, refuse or garbage upon a street or highway located within that municipality or upon property owned or operated by the municipality unless such garbage, refuse or trash is placed in a designated location or container for removal by a specific garbage or trash service collector. Any ordinance adopted pursuant hereto may prohibit the placing, discarding, disposing or leaving of any trash, refuse or garbage upon private property located within the municipality without the consent of the owner, occupant, or lessee thereof and may provide that the placing, discarding, disposing or leaving of the articles forbidden by this section shall, for each day or portion thereof the articles or matter are left, constitute a separate offense.The governing body of a municipality, in any ordinance adopted pursuant hereto, may provide that a person who violates the ordinance may be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisoned not exceeding 30 days, or both, for each offense. (1973, c. 953.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-305 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 15 - Streets, Traffic and Parking.|§ 160A-305 - Agreements under National Highway Safety Act.

 160A-305. Agreements under National Highway Safety Act.Any city is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the State of North Carolina and its agencies, and with the federal government and its agencies, to secure the full benefits available to the city under the National Highway Safety Act of 1966, and to cooperate with State and federal agencies, other public and private agencies, interested organizations, and individuals, to effectuate the purposes of the act and subsequent amendments thereof. (1967, c. 1255; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-306 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 15 - Streets, Traffic and Parking.|§ 160A-306 - Building setback lines.

 160A-306. Building setback lines.(a) A city shall have authority to (i) classify all or a portion of the streets in the city according to their size, present and anticipated traffic loads, and other characteristics relevant to the achievement of the purposes of this section, and (ii) establish by ordinance minimum distances that buildings and other permanent structures or improvements constructed along each class or type of street shall be set back from the right-of-way line or the center line of an existing or proposed street. Portions of any street may be classified in a manner different from other portions of the same street where the characteristics of the portions differ.(b) Any setback line shall be designed:(1) To promote the public safety by providing adequate sight distances for persons using the street and its sidewalks, lessening congestion in the street and sidewalks, facilitating the safe movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic on the street and sidewalks and providing adequate fire lanes between buildings.(2) To protect the public health by keeping dwellings and other structures an adequate distance from the dust, noise, and fumes created by traffic on the street and by insuring an adequate supply of light and air.(3) To provide that, notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, measurements for sight distances at street intersections, including sight triangles, must begin within the roadway or edge of pavement of a proposed or existing street.(c) A setback-line ordinance shall permit affected property owners to appeal to the council for variance or modification of setback requirements as they apply to a particular piece of property. The council may vary or modify the requirements upon a showing that(1) The peculiar nature of the property results in practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships that impede carrying out the strict letter of the requirement.(2) The property will not yield a reasonable return or cannot be put to reasonable use unless relief is granted, and(3) Balancing the public interest in enforcing the setback requirements and the interest of the owner, the grant of relief is required by considerations of justice and equity.In granting relief, the council may impose reasonable and appropriate conditions and safeguards to protect the interest of neighboring properties. The council may delegate authority to hear appeals under setback-line ordinances to any authorized body to hear appeals under zoning ordinances. If this is done, appeal to the council from the board shall be governed by the same laws and rules as appeals from decisions granting or denying variances or modifications under the zoning ordinance.  (1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1987, c. 747, ss. 13, 14; 2021-121, s. 3(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-307 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 15 - Streets, Traffic and Parking.|§ 160A-307 - Curb cut regulations.

 160A-307. Curb cut regulations.(a) A city may by ordinance regulate the size, location, direction of traffic flow, and manner of construction of driveway connections into any street or alley. The ordinance may require the construction or reimbursement of the cost of construction and public dedication of medians, acceleration and deceleration lanes, and traffic storage lanes for driveway connections into any street or alley if all of the following apply:(1) The need for such improvements is reasonably attributable to the traffic using the driveway.(2) The improvements serve the traffic of the driveway.(b) No street or alley under the control of the Department of Transportation may be improved without the consent of the Department of Transportation. A city shall not require the applicant to acquire right-of-way from property not owned by the applicant. However, an applicant may voluntarily agree to acquire such right-of-way.  (1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1987, c. 747, s. 16; 2019-111, s. 1.16.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-307.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 15 - Streets, Traffic and Parking.|§ 160A-307.1 - Limitation on city requirements for street improvements related to schools.

 160A-307.1. Limitation on city requirements for street improvements related to schools.A city may only require street improvements related to schools that are required for safe ingress and egress to the municipal street system and that are physically connected to a driveway on the school site. The required improvements shall not exceed those required pursuant to G.S. 136-18(29). G.S. 160A-307 shall not apply to schools. A city may only require street improvements related to schools as provided in G.S. 160A-372. The cost of any improvements to the municipal street system pursuant to this section shall be reimbursed by the city. Any agreement between a school and a city to make improvements to the municipal street system shall not include a requirement for acquisition of right-of-way by the school, unless the school is owned by an entity that has eminent domain power. Any right-of-way costs incurred by a school for required improvements pursuant to this section shall be reimbursed by the city. Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter to the contrary, a city may not condition the approval of any zoning, rezoning, or permit request on the waiver or reduction of any provision of this section. The term "school," as used in this section, means any facility engaged in the educational instruction of children in any grade or combination of grades from kindergarten through the twelfth grade at which attendance satisfies the compulsory attendance law and includes charter schools authorized under G.S. 115C-218.5.  (2017-57, s. 34.6A(b); 2017-197, s. 7.5; 2018-5, s. 34.18(a); 2018-97, s. 7.4(a); 2018-114, s. 26.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-308 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 15 - Streets, Traffic and Parking.|§ 160A-308 - Regulation of dune buggies.

 160A-308. Regulation of dune buggies.A municipality may by ordinance regulate, restrict and prohibit the use of dune or beach buggies, jeeps, motorcycles, cars, trucks, or any other form of power-driven vehicle specified by the governing body of the municipality on the foreshore, beach strand and the barrier dune system. Violation of any ordinance adopted by the governing body of a municipality pursuant to this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor.Provided, a municipality shall not prohibit the use of such specified vehicles from the foreshore, beach strand and barrier dune system by commercial fishermen for commercial activities. Commercial fishermen, however, shall abide by all other regulations or restrictions duly enacted by municipalities under this section. (1973, cc. 856, 1401; 1993, c. 539, s. 1086; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 14, s. 68, c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-309 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 15 - Streets, Traffic and Parking.|§ 160A-309 - Intersection and roadway improvements.

 160A-309. Intersection and roadway improvements.A city may contract with a developer or property owner, or with a private party who is under contract with the developer or property owner, for public intersection or roadway improvements that are adjacent or ancillary to a private land development project. Such a contract is not subject to Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes if the public cost will not exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) and the city or its designated agency determines that: (i) the public cost will not exceed the estimated cost of providing for those public intersection or roadway improvements through either eligible force account qualified labor or through a public contract let pursuant to Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes; or (ii) the coordination of separately constructed public intersection or roadway improvements, and the adjacent or ancillary private land development improvements would be impracticable. A city may enact ordinances and policies setting forth the procedures, requirements, and terms for agreements authorized by this section. (2005-426, s. 8(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-311 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 16 - Public Enterprises.|§ 160A-311 - Public enterprise defined.

 160A-311. Public enterprise defined.As used in this Article, the term "public enterprise" includes:(1) Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution systems.(2) Water supply and distribution systems.(3) Wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal systems of all types, including septic tank systems or other on-site collection or disposal facilities or systems.(4) Gas production, storage, transmission, and distribution systems, where systems shall also include the purchase or lease of natural gas fields and natural gas reserves, the purchase of natural gas supplies, and the surveying, drilling and any other activities related to the exploration for natural gas, whether within the State or without.(5) Public transportation systems.(6) Solid waste collection and disposal systems and facilities.(7) Cable television systems.(8) Off-street parking facilities and systems.(9) Airports.(10) Stormwater management programs designed to protect water quality by controlling the level of pollutants in, and the quantity and flow of, stormwater and structural and natural stormwater and drainage systems of all types. (1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1975, c. 549, s. 2; c. 821, s. 3; 1977, c. 514, s. 2; 1979, c. 619, s. 2; 1989, c. 643, s. 5; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 944, s. 14; 2000-70, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-312 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 16 - Public Enterprises.|§ 160A-312 - Authority to operate public enterprises.

 160A-312. Authority to operate public enterprises.(a) A city shall have authority to acquire, construct, establish, enlarge, improve, maintain, own, operate, and contract for the operation of any or all of the public enterprises as defined in this Article to furnish services to the city and its citizens. Subject to Part 2 of this Article, a city may acquire, construct, establish, enlarge, improve, maintain, own, and operate any public enterprise outside its corporate limits, within reasonable limitations, but in no case shall a city be held liable for damages to those outside the corporate limits for failure to furnish any public enterprise service.(b) A city shall have full authority to protect and regulate any public enterprise system belonging to or operated by it by adequate and reasonable rules. The rules shall be adopted by ordinance, shall apply to the public enterprise system both within and outside the corporate limits of the city, and may be enforced with the remedies available under any provision of law.(c) A city may operate that part of a gas system involving the purchase and/or lease of natural gas fields, natural gas reserves and natural gas supplies and the surveying, drilling or any other activities related to the exploration for natural gas, in a partnership or joint venture arrangement with natural gas utilities and private enterprise. (1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1973, c. 426, s. 51; 1975, c. 821, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1247, s. 29; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 836, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-313 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 16 - Public Enterprises.|§ 160A-313 - Financing public enterprise.

 160A-313. Financing public enterprise.Subject to the restrictions, limitations, procedures, and regulations otherwise provided by law, a city shall have full authority to finance the cost of any public enterprise by levying taxes, borrowing money, and appropriating any other revenues therefor, and by accepting and administering gifts and grants from any source on behalf thereof. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-315 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 16 - Public Enterprises.|§ 160A-315 - Billing and collecting agents for certain sewer systems.

 160A-315. Billing and collecting agents for certain sewer systems.Any city that maintains and operates a sewage collection and disposal system but does not maintain and operate a water distribution system is authorized to contract with the owner or operator of the water distribution system operating within the area served by the city sewer system to act as the billing and collection agent of the city for any charges, rents, or penalties imposed by the city for sewer services. (1933, c. 322, s. 1; 1941, c. 106; 1961, c. 1074; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-316 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 16 - Public Enterprises.|§ 160A-316 - Independent water companies to supply information.

 160A-316. Independent water companies to supply information.The owner or operator of any independent or private water distribution system operating within a city that maintains and operates a sewage collection and disposal system shall furnish to the city upon request copies of water meter readings and any other water consumption records and data that the city may require to bill and collect its sewer rents and charges. The city shall pay the reasonable cost of supplying this information. (1933, c. 322, s. 1; 1941, c. 106; 1961, c. 1074; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)