(A) At any time within 30 days of any declaration of a state of emergency, no person, merchant or business within the Town of Caswell Beach shall sell any goods at a price that is greater than 150% of the amount charged prior to the state of emergency, except as shall be provided herein.
(B) Sales of goods above predisaster levels shall be allowed only if the merchant can document by receipt or other form of verifiable paper-writing the increase in price to the merchant of the item in question. Nonresident merchants or vendors not doing business in Caswell Beach prior to the declaration of the state of emergency need to document by receipt or other form of verifiable paper-writing the elevated price levels if the charged by a particular item exceeds the general market value charged by resident merchants by 150%.
(C) Violations of this section shall be punished in accordance with G.S. 14-3, the offense being a misdemeanor.
(Ord. passed 9-9-04)