Sec. 28-131. General provisions.
   (a)   Limited duration general parking shall be available in the parking spaces within the District between the hours of 6:00 o'clock a.m. and 2:00 o'clock a.m. (the following date), except as provided herein. However, persons are prohibited from parking in such a manner as to block any driveway or the entrance to any garage or crofter structure, any marked public beach access or the marked vehicular access point on Row Boat Row.
   (b)   Decals for controlled overnight or 24-hour parking in the parking spaces shall be available in those color-coded areas depicted on the District overlay and including areas designated for:
   (1)   Yacht Club/Marina patron only overnight parking,
   (2)   Harbour Village resident only overnight parking, and
   (3)   Harbour Village Inns overnight parking.
Decal holders shall also observe overnight parking prohibited; parking prohibited; and side of street parking requirements. Decals shall only be issued to those providing satisfactory evidence of entitlement thereto.
   (c)   It shall be a violation of this article to park within the Harbour Village in contravention of the requirements hereof.
   (d)   Parking decals shall be available only to the following persons or entities:
   (1)   Harbour Village residents and improved property owners;
   (2)   Harbour Village Inns and lodging facilities located upon the Harbour Village lots for which such land use is permitted;
   (3)   The owners of the limited commercial-use properties designated as HV lots numbers 86 and 87; and
   (4)   Yacht Club members and Marina patrons. Harbour Village residents and improved property owners shall be entitled to one decal per property; the Inns shall be entitled to two decals per platted lot occupied by the Inn. HV 86 and 87; owners shall be entitled to one decal per property; and Yacht Club members/Marina patrons shall be entitled to a total of 155 decals; of which 12 decals shall be issued to Bald Head Island Limited, LLC and ten decals shall be issued to the Bald Head Island Club.
   (e)   Marina patrons shall be defined as owners or operators of vessels occupying a slip attached to a membership owned and leased by the Bald Head Island Club; owners or operators of vessels occupying a slip attached to a membership owned and leased by Bald Head Island Limited, LLC; owners and operators of transient vessels who secure vehicle access and 24-hour parking privileges for the duration of their moorage agreement; the Bald Head Island Club; and Bald Head Island Limited, LLC; and owners or operators of vessels occupying a slip that is attached to a Bald Head Island Yacht Club membership under the terms of a rental or moorage agreement with the Yacht Club member.
   (f)   Recognizing that Yacht Club members and Marina patrons may have particular needs related to transporting safety equipment and other equipment and supplies related to safe vessel operation and in order to assist access to the marina and moored vessels by persons with disabilities, there is created within the District limited areas designated as Yacht Club only parking as same are depicted on the District overlay.
   (g)   Marina day visitors who own, lease or otherwise utilize a vehicle shall park in accordance with the general parking provisions hereof, including subsection (b).
   (h)   All persons shall observe and comply with all parking control signage posted within the District including as the same pertain to permitted and controlled use areas, pull in and parallel only parking and parking prohibition.
   (i)   No person shall park or otherwise leave unattended any vehicle or related apparatus that interferes with the reasonable access to the Harbour Village or Village Department of Public Safety vehicles and equipment. Department staff and personnel may use any such means as are necessary to remove any obstructions and facilitate access and passage by responding vehicles and equipment.
(Ord. No. 2013-0202, 2-20-2013; Ord. of 2019, 10-15-2019)