CHARTER
Section
Ch. I. Incorporation and Corporate Powers
   1.1.   Incorporation and corporate powers
Ch. II. Corporate Boundaries
   2.1.   Town boundaries
Ch. III. Governing Body
   3.1.   Structure of governing body; number of members
   3.2.   Manner of electing Board
   3.3.   Term of office and Board members
   3.4.   Selection of Mayor; Term of office
Ch. IV. Elections
   4.1.   Conduct of Town elections
Ch. V. Administration
   5.1.   Mayor-Council Form of Government
Ch. VI. Planning
   6.1.   Extraterritorial jurisdiction
   6.2.   Applicability of Calabash Planning Ordinances
Editorial Notes:
   This charter was laid out in Session Law 1998-75 (House Bill 860) and amended by Session Law 2003-78 (House Bill 742). Additional local amendments are noted in the legislative histories following specific section.
   Section 3.4 of the charter was subsequently amended by Session Law 2021-139 (House Bill 229).    
   A Charter for the Town of Carolina Shores is enacted to read:
   CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CAROLINA SHORES.