§ 89.05 BURNING, DUMPING OR BURYING SOLID WASTES PROHIBITED.

   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person to burn or cause to be burned any refuse.

   (B)   It shall be unlawful for any person to dump upon any public property or property of another within the town any refuse, dead animals, decaying vegetable or animal matter or other solid wastes or offensive materials.

   (C)   It shall be unlawful for any person to bury or cause to be buried any refuse.

(Ord. passed 12-16-2019)

WEAPONS

§ 89.20 DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS AND AIR RIFLES PROHIBITED.

   (A)   Subject to division (B) below, no person may discharge any firearm within the town.

   (B)   Division (A) above shall not apply to persons acting in justifiable self-defense or pursuant to the lawful directions of a law-enforcement officer, nor to law-enforcement officers acting in a lawful performance of their duties. Division (A) above shall not apply to the discharge of firearms within fully enclosed and indoor shooting ranges, constructed and operating in compliance with the State Building Code, the town's Uniform Development Ordinance, the federal Occupational Health and Safety Act, as amended, and its regulations, the National Fire Protection Association Standards and State Fire Code, and other laws and regulations as may be established or exist which dictate the construction and operational standards which an indoor shooting range must meet. No indoor shooting range may exist within the town unless the owner of the indoor shooting range (hereinafter, "proprietor") has submitted to the Chief of Police operating rules concerning employee and invitee or licensee (patron) use of the indoor shooting range, and the Chief of Police has, in writing, issued an opinion that the rules adequately protect the safety of the public and those rules are fully implemented and enforced.

   (C)   No person may discharge or shoot within the town any air rifle, air pistol, B-B gun or similar weapon (hereinafter, collectively "air rifle") within 100 yards of any building or house or gathering of people, except in a fully enclosed and indoor facility, constructed and operating in compliance with the State Building Code, the town's Uniform Development Ordinance, the federal Occupational Health and Safety Act, as amended, and its regulations, the National Fire Protection Association Standards and State Fire Code, and other laws and regulations as may be established or exist which dictate the construction and operational standards which the indoor facilities must meet. No facility may exist within the town unless its proprietor has submitted to the Chief of Police operating rules concerning employee and invitee or licensee (patron) use of the indoor shooting range, the Chief of Police has, in writing, issued an opinion that the rules adequately protect the safety of the public, and those rules are fully implemented and enforced.

   (D)   No indoor shooting range or facility for the discharge of any air rifle may operate within the town where the proprietor is not also the owner of the real property upon which it is situated unless:

      (1)   The proprietor designates a person who is a resident of the county as a person who has full authority to act on behalf of the proprietor in responding to complaints concerning the operation of the shooting range or facility, and that person's name and contact information is posted at the shooting range or facility in plain view of the public so that it may be read without a person having to enter the shooting range or facility in order to do so; and

      (2)   The proprietor obtains and maintains liability insurance covering injuries and property damage to persons using the shooting range or facility in an amount no less than $2,000,000 per injury and claim and provides proof of the insurance to the town upon request.

(Ord. passed 12-16-2019)

Statutory Reference:

   See also, G.S. 160A-189

§ 89.21 POSSESSION OF FIREARMS OR AIR RIFLES PROHIBITED ON TOWN-OWNED PROPERTIES.

   (A)   Except as provided in the following divisions of this section, no person may possess a firearm or air rifle in any town-owned building or on the grounds or parking areas of any such building.

   (B)   The Town Manager or designee shall post all town-owned buildings and the grounds and parking areas of such buildings with signage notifying persons that concealed handguns are prohibited in those buildings and areas. Only where such postings have been made shall the foregoing prohibition of division (A) on possession of firearms be effective with respect to a person carrying a concealed handgun pursuant to a valid concealed-carry permit.

   (C)   Division (A) above shall not apply to law enforcement officers acting in lawful performance of their duties, to any person specifically authorized by the Town Manager to possess a firearm in town-owned buildings or on the grounds or parking areas of such buildings, or to private persons acting in justifiable self-defense or pursuant to the lawful directions of a law-enforcement officer.

   (D)   Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit a person from storing a firearm within a motor vehicle while the vehicle is on the grounds or parking area of a town building.

(Ord. passed 12-16-2019)

Cross-reference:

   See also with respect to prohibitions on firearm possession in town parks and other recreational facilities, see Town Code §§ 100.01 and 100.03

Statutory Reference:

   See also G.S. 14-409.40(f), G.S. 14-415.13 and G.S.160A-189

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES REGULATIONS

§ 89.35 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   MALT BEVERAGE. Beer, lager, malt liquor, ale, porter and any other brewed or fermented beverage containing at least 0.5%, and not more than 15% alcohol by volume. Any MALT BEVERAGE containing more than 6% alcohol by volume shall bear a label clearly indicating the alcohol content of the MALT BEVERAGE. See also G.S. § 18B-101(9).

   OPEN CONTAINER. A container whose seal has been broken or a container other than the manufacturer's unopened original container.

   UNFORTIFIED WINE. Any wine of 16% or less alcohol by volume made by fermentation from grapes, fruits, berries, rice or honey; or by the addition of pure cane, beet or dextrose sugar; or by the addition of pure brandy from the same type of grape, fruit, berry, rice or honey that is contained in the base wine and produced in accordance with the regulations of the United States. See also G.S. § 18B-101(15).

(Ord. passed 12-16-2019)

Statutory reference:

   Local ordinance, authority, see G.S. § 18B-300(c)

§ 89.36 DISPLAY OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES PROHIBITED.

   No person shall display any alcoholic beverages on any public property within the town unless the alcoholic beverage is contained in its original factory-sealed container.

(Ord. passed 12-16-2019)