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NC Gen Stat § 160A-164.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-164.1 - Smallpox vaccination policy (see editor's note on condition precedent).

 160A-164.1. Smallpox vaccination policy (see editor's note on condition precedent).All municipalities that employ firefighters, police officers, paramedics, or other first responders shall, not later than 90 days after this section becomes law, enact a policy regarding sick leave and salary continuation for those employees for absence from work due to an adverse medical reaction resulting from the employee receiving in employment vaccination against smallpox incident to the Administration of Smallpox Countermeasures by Health Professionals, section 304 of the Homeland Security Act, Pub. L. No. 107-296 (Nov. 25, 2002) (to be codified at 42 U.S.C. 233(p)). (2003-169, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-164.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-164.2 - Criminal history record check of employees permitted.

 160A-164.2. Criminal history record check of employees permitted.The council may adopt or provide for rules and regulations or ordinances concerning a requirement that any applicant for employment be subject to a criminal history record check of State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories conducted by the Department of Public Safety in accordance with G.S. 143B-945. The city may consider the results of these criminal history record checks in its hiring decisions.  (2003-214, s. 5; 2014-100, s. 17.1(nnn).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-165 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-165 - Personnel board.

 160A-165. Personnel board.The council may establish a personnel board with authority to administer tests designed to determine the merit and fitness of candidates for appointment or promotion, to conduct hearings upon the appeal of employees who have been suspended, demoted, or discharged, and hear employee grievances. (1917, c. 136, subch. 5, s. 1; 1919, cc. 136, 237; C.S., s. 2787; 1965, c. 931; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-166 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-166 - Participation in Social Security Act.

 160A-166. Participation in Social Security Act.The council may take any action necessary to allow city employees to participate fully in benefits provided by the federal Social Security Act. (1949, c. 103; 1969, c. 845; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-169 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-169 - City employee political activity.

 160A-169. City employee political activity.(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to ensure that city employees are not subjected to political or partisan coercion while performing their job duties, to ensure that employees are not restricted from political activities while off duty, and to ensure that public funds are not used for political or partisan activities.It is not the purpose of this section to allow infringement upon the rights of employees to engage in free speech and free association. Every city employee has a civic responsibility to support good government by every available means and in every appropriate manner. Employees shall not be restricted from affiliating with civic organizations of a partisan or political nature, nor shall employees, while off duty, be restricted from attending political meetings, or advocating and supporting the principles or policies of civic or political organizations, or supporting partisan or nonpartisan candidates of their choice in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State and the Constitution and laws of the United States of America.(b) Definitions. For the purposes of this section:(1) "City employee" or ""employee" means any person employed by a city or any department or program thereof that is supported, in whole or in part, by city funds;(2) "On duty" means that time period when an employee is engaged in the duties of his or her employment; and(3) "Workplace" means any place where an employee engages in his or her job duties.(c) No employee while on duty or in the workplace may:(1) Use his or her official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election or nomination for political office; or(2) Coerce, solicit, or compel contributions for political or partisan purposes by another employee.(d) No employee may be required as a duty or condition of employment, promotion, or tenure of office to contribute funds for political or partisan purposes.(e) No employee may use city funds, supplies, or equipment for partisan purposes, or for political purposes except where such political uses are otherwise permitted by law.(f) To the extent that this section conflicts with the provisions of any local act, city charter, local ordinance, resolution, or policy, this section prevails to the extent of the conflict. (1991, c. 619, s. 2; 1993, c. 298, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-169.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-169.1 - Municipality verification of employee work authorization.

 160A-169.1. Municipality verification of employee work authorization.(a) Municipalities Must Use E-Verify. - Each municipality shall register and participate in E-Verify to verify the work authorization of new employees hired to work in the United States.(b) E-Verify Defined. - As used in this section, the term "E-Verify" means the federal E-Verify program operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies, or any successor or equivalent program used to verify the work authorization of newly hired employees pursuant to federal law.(c) Nondiscrimination. - This section shall be enforced without regard to race, religion, gender, ethnicity, or national origin.  (2011-263, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-171 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-171 - City clerk; duties.

 160A-171. City clerk; duties.There shall be a city clerk who shall give notice of meetings of the council, keep a journal of the proceedings of the council, be the custodian of all city records, and shall perform any other duties that may be required by law or the council. (1917, c. 136, subch. 13, s. 1; C.S., s. 2826; 1941, c. 103; 1949, c. 14; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-172 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-172 - Deputy clerk.

 160A-172. Deputy clerk.The council may provide for a deputy city clerk who shall have full authority to exercise and perform any of the powers and duties of the city clerk that may be specified by the council. (1917, c. 136, subch. 13, s. 1; C.S., s. 2826; 1941, c. 103; 1949, c. 14; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-173 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 7 - Administrative Offices.|§ 160A-173 - City attorney; appointment and duties.

 160A-173. City attorney; appointment and duties.The council shall appoint a city attorney to serve at its pleasure and to be its legal adviser. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-174 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.|§ 160A-174 - General ordinance-making power.

 160A-174. General ordinance-making power.(a) A city may by ordinance define, prohibit, regulate, or abate acts, omissions, or conditions, detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of its citizens and the peace and dignity of the city, and may define and abate nuisances.(b) A city ordinance shall be consistent with the Constitution and laws of North Carolina and of the United States. An ordinance is not consistent with State or federal law when:(1) The ordinance infringes a liberty guaranteed to the people by the State or federal Constitution;(2) The ordinance makes unlawful an act, omission or condition which is expressly made lawful by State or federal law;(3) The ordinance makes lawful an act, omission, or condition which is expressly made unlawful by State or federal law;(4) The ordinance purports to regulate a subject that cities are expressly forbidden to regulate by State or federal law;(5) The ordinance purports to regulate a field for which a State or federal statute clearly shows a legislative intent to provide a complete and integrated regulatory scheme to the exclusion of local regulation;(6) The elements of an offense defined by a city ordinance are identical to the elements of an offense defined by State or federal law.The fact that a State or federal law, standing alone, makes a given act, omission, or condition unlawful shall not preclude city ordinances requiring a higher standard of conduct or condition. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-176 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.|§ 160A-176 - Ordinances effective on city property outside limits.

 160A-176. Ordinances effective on city property outside limits.Any city ordinance may be made effective on and to property and rights-of-way belonging to the city and located outside the corporate limits. (1917, c. 136, subch. 5, s. 2; C.S., s. 2790; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1973, c. 426, s. 24.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-176.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.|§ 160A-176.1 - Ordinances effective in Atlantic Ocean.

 160A-176.1. Ordinances effective in Atlantic Ocean.(a) A city may adopt ordinances to regulate and control swimming, surfing and littering in the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to that portion of the city within its boundaries or within its extraterritorial jurisdiction; provided, however, nothing contained herein shall be construed to permit any city to prohibit altogether swimming and surfing or to make these activities unlawful.(b) This section shall apply only to cities in the counties of Brunswick, Carteret, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, New Hanover, Onslow, and Pender. (1973, c. 539, ss. 1, 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-176.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.|§ 160A-176.2 - Ordinances effective in Atlantic Ocean.

 160A-176.2. Ordinances effective in Atlantic Ocean.(a) A city may adopt ordinances to regulate and control swimming, personal watercraft operation, surfing and littering in the Atlantic Ocean and other waterways adjacent to that portion of the city within its boundaries or within its extraterritorial jurisdiction; provided, however, nothing contained herein shall be construed to permit any city to prohibit altogether swimming or surfing or to make these activities unlawful.(b) Subsection (a) of this section applies to the Towns of Atlantic Beach, Calabash, Cape Carteret, Carolina Beach, Caswell Beach, Duck, Emerald Isle, Holden Beach, Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, Manteo, Nags Head, Oak Island, Ocean Isle Beach, Southern Shores, Sunset Beach, Topsail Beach, and Wrightsville Beach, and the City of Southport only. (1991, c. 494, ss. 1, 2; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 801; 1993, c. 67, s. 5; c. 125, s. 2; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 625, s. 1; 1997-48, s. 1; 2002-141, s. 1; 2004-203, s. 55.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-177 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.|§ 160A-177 - Enumeration not exclusive.

 160A-177. Enumeration not exclusive.The enumeration in this Article or other portions of this Chapter of specific powers to regulate, restrict or prohibit acts, omissions, and conditions shall not be deemed to be exclusive or a limiting factor upon the general authority to adopt ordinances conferred on cities by G.S. 160A-174. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-178 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.|§ 160A-178 - Regulation of solicitation campaigns, flea markets and itinerant merchants.

 160A-178. Regulation of solicitation campaigns, flea markets and itinerant merchants.A city may by ordinance regulate, restrict or prohibit the solicitation of contributions from the public for any charitable or eleemosynary purpose, and also the business activities of itinerant merchants, salesmen, promoters, drummers, peddlers, flea market operators and flea market vendors or hawkers. These ordinances may include, but shall not be limited to, requirements that an application be made and a permit issued, that an investigation be made, that activities be reasonably limited as to time and place, that proper credentials and proof of financial stability be submitted, that not more than a stated percentage of contributions to solicitation campaigns be retained for administrative expenses, and that an adequate bond be posted to protect the public from fraud. (1963, c. 789; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1987, c. 708, s. 8.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-179 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.|§ 160A-179 - Regulation of begging.

 160A-179. Regulation of begging.A city may by ordinance prohibit or regulate begging or otherwise canvassing the public for contributions for the private benefit of the solicitor or any other person. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-180 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.|§ 160A-180 - Regulation of aircraft overflights.

 160A-180. Regulation of aircraft overflights.A city may by ordinance regulate the operation of aircraft over the city. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-181 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.|§ 160A-181 - Regulation of places of amusement.

 160A-181. Regulation of places of amusement.A city may by ordinance regulate places of amusement and entertainment, and may regulate, restrict or prohibit the operation of pool and billiard halls, dance halls, carnivals, circuses, or any itinerant show or exhibition of any kind. Places of amusement and entertainment shall include coffee houses, cocktail lounges, night clubs, beer halls, and similar establishments, but any regulations thereof shall be consistent with any permits or licenses issued by the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission. (1917, c. 136, subch. 5, s. 1; 1919, cc. 136, 237; C.S., s. 2787; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1981, c. 412, ss. 4, 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-182 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.|§ 160A-182 - Abuse of animals.

 160A-182. Abuse of animals.A city may by ordinance define and prohibit the abuse of animals. (1917, c. 136, subch. 5, s. 1; 1919, cc. 136, 237; C.S., s. 2787; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-183 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.|§ 160A-183 - Regulation of explosive, corrosive, inflammable, or radioactive substances.

 160A-183. Regulation of explosive, corrosive, inflammable, or radioactive substances.A city may by ordinance restrict, regulate or prohibit the sale, possession, storage, use, or conveyance of any explosive, corrosive, inflammable, or radioactive substances, or any weapons or instrumentalities of mass death and destruction within the city. (1917, c. 136, subch. 5, s. 1; 1919, cc. 136, 237; C.S., s. 2787; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-184 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.|§ 160A-184 - Noise regulation.

 160A-184. Noise regulation.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. (1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1973, c. 426, s. 25.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-185 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.|§ 160A-185 - Emission of pollutants or contaminants.

 160A-185. Emission of pollutants or contaminants.A city may by ordinance regulate, restrict, or prohibit the emission or disposal of substances or effluents that tend to pollute or contaminate land, water, or air, rendering or tending to render it injurious to human health or welfare, to animal or plant life or to property, or interfering or tending to interfere with the enjoyment of life or property. A city may by ordinance regulate the illegal disposal of solid waste, including littering on public and private property, provide for enforcement by civil penalties as well as other remedies, and provide that such regulations may be enforced by city employees specially appointed as environmental enforcement officers. Any such ordinance shall be consistent with and supplementary to State and federal laws and regulations. (1917, c. 136, subch. 5, s. 1; 1919, cc. 136, 237; C.S., s. 2787; 1949, c. 594, s. 2; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1973, c. 426, s. 26; 2001-512, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-186 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.|§ 160A-186 - Regulation of domestic animals.

 160A-186. Regulation of domestic animals.A city may by ordinance regulate, restrict, or prohibit the keeping, running, or going at large of any domestic animals, including dogs and cats. The ordinance may provide that animals allowed to run at large in violation of the ordinance may be seized and sold or destroyed after reasonable efforts to notify their owner. (1917, c. 136, subch. 5, s. 1; 1919, cc. 136, 237; C.S., s. 2787; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-187 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.|§ 160A-187 - Possession or harboring of dangerous animals.

 160A-187. Possession or harboring of dangerous animals.A city may by ordinance regulate, restrict, or prohibit the possession or harboring within the city of animals which are dangerous to persons or property. No such ordinance shall have the effect of permitting any activity or condition with respect to a wild animal which is prohibited or more severely restricted by regulations of the Wildlife Resources Commission. (1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1977, c. 407, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-188 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.|§ 160A-188 - Bird sanctuaries.

 160A-188. Bird sanctuaries.A city may by ordinance create and establish a bird sanctuary within the city limits. The ordinance may not protect any birds classed as a pest under Article 22A of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes and the Structural Pest Control Act of North Carolina of 1955 or the North Carolina Pesticide Law of 1971. When a bird sanctuary has been established, it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, kill, trap, or otherwise take any protected birds within the city limits except pursuant to a permit issued by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission under G.S. 113-274(c) (1a) or under any other license or permit of the Wildlife Resources Commission specifically made valid for use in taking birds within city limits. (1951, c. 411, ss. 1, 2; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1979, c. 830, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-189 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.|§ 160A-189 - Firearms.

 160A-189. Firearms.A city may by ordinance regulate, restrict, or prohibit the discharge of firearms at any time or place within the city except when used in defense of person or property or pursuant to lawful directions of law-enforcement officers, and may regulate the display of firearms on the streets, sidewalks, alleys, or other public property. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit a city's authority to take action under Article 1A of Chapter 166A of the General Statutes.  (1971, c. 698, s. 1; 2012-12, s. 2(zz).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-190 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.|§ 160A-190 - Pellet guns.

 160A-190. Pellet guns.A city may by ordinance regulate, restrict, or prohibit the sale, possession or use within the city of pellet guns or any other mechanism or device designed or used to project a missile by compressed air or mechanical action with less than deadly force. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-191 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.|§ 160A-191 - Limitations on enactment of Sunday-closing ordinances.

 160A-191. Limitations on enactment of Sunday-closing ordinances.No ordinance regulating or prohibiting business activity on Sundays shall be enacted unless the council shall hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance. Notice of the hearing shall be published once each week for four successive weeks before the date of the hearing. The notice shall fix the date, hour and place of the public hearing, and shall contain a statement of the council's intent to consider a Sunday-closing ordinance, the purpose for such an ordinance, and one or more reasons for its enactment. No ordinance shall be held invalid for failure to observe the procedural requirements for enactment imposed by this section unless the issue is joined in an appropriate proceeding initiated within 90 days after the date of final enactment. This section shall not apply to ordinances enacted pursuant to G.S. 18B-1004(d). (1967, c. 1156, s. 1; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1973, c. 426, s. 27; 1983, c. 768, s. 22.)