ADOPTING ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE

ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE COUNTY OF HARNETT, NORTH CAROLINA, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE COUNTY OF HARNETT DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES

WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the County of Harnett are inadequately arranged and classified and are insufficient in form and substance for the complete preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare of the county and for proper conduct of its affairs; and

WHEREAS, Section 153A-49 of the North Carolina General Statutes empowers and authorizes the county to revise, amend, restate, codify, and compile existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate such ordinances into one ordinance in book form; and

WHEREAS, the Harnett County Board of Commissioners has authorized general compilation, revision, and codification of the ordinances of the county of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinances in book form.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners:

Section 1.   The general ordinances of the county as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the “Code of Ordinances of Harnett County, North Carolina.”

Section 2.   The Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:

   TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Chapter

   TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

      10.   General Provisions

   TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION

      30.   Emergency Medical Services

      31.   911 Emergency Telephone System

      32.   Emergency Management

      33.   Personnel

   TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS

      50.   Garbage

      51.   Water and Sewer Generally

      52.   Sewer Use

      53.   Oil and Grease Control

      54.   Water Shortage and Conservation

   TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE

      [Reserved]

   TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS

      90.   Animal Control

      91.   Hazardous Waste and Materials

      92.   Noise

      93.   Mass Gatherings

   TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS

      110.   Sanitary Landfills and Disposal Facilities

      111.   County Airport

      112.   Safety Services and Businesses

      113.   Military Property Sales

      114.   Cable Television

      115.   Insulation and Energy Utilization Licensing

      116.   Massage and Massage Parlors

      117.   Amusements and Recreation

   TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES

      130.   Weapons

      131.   Explosives Detonation

   TITLE XV: LAND USAGE

      150.   General Provisions

      151.   Regulatory Codes

      152.   Voluntary Agricultural District

      153.   Unified Development Ordinance

      154.   Communications Tower Ordinance

   TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES

      [Reserved]

   PARALLEL REFERENCES

      References to North Carolina General Statutes

      References to Resolutions

      References to Ordinances

Section 3.   All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in this Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this Ordinance, except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in this Code; provided that such repeal shall not affect any offense committed, penalty incurred, or any right established prior to the effective date of this Ordinance, nor shall such repeal affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises or granting special rights to certain persons, authorizing public improvements, authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements or plats, accepting dedications of land to public use, vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places; nor shall such repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by this Code.

Section 4.   This Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Board of Commissioners, and the Clerk to the Board of Commissioners is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of the Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Clerk.

Section 5.   This Code shall be in full force and effect upon adoption by the Board of Commissioners and filed in the Office of the Clerk, and the Code shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places of the ordinance and all provisions, sections, penalties, and regulations therein contained and of the date of passage and that the same is properly signed, attested, recorded, and approved and that any public hearings and notices thereof as required by law have been given.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners on June 4, 2018.

                     HARNETT COUNTY

                     BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

                     /s/ Gordon Springle

                     Gordon Springle, Chairman

ATTEST:

/s/ Margaret Regina Wheeler

Margaret Regina Wheeler, Clerk to the Board

AN ORDINANCE ENACTING AND ADOPTING A SUPPLEMENT TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE COUNTY OF HARNETT, NORTH CAROLINA

WHEREAS, American Legal Publishing Corporation of Cincinnati, Ohio (“American Legal Publishing”) has completed the 2018 S-1 supplement to the Code of Ordinances of the County of Harnett (“Code of Ordinances”), which supplement contains all ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted since the prior supplement to the Code of Ordinances; and

WHEREAS, American Legal Publishing has recommended the revision or addition of certain sections of the Code of Ordinances which are based on or make reference to sections of the North Carolina code; and

WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Harnett County Board of Commissioners to accept these updated sections in accordance with the changes of the law of the State of North Carolina; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of the county and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the county that this ordinance take effect at an early date;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:

Section 1.   That the 2018 S-1 supplement to the Code of Ordinances as submitted by American Legal Publishing Corporation of Cincinnati, Ohio, and as attached hereto, be and the same is hereby adopted by reference as if set out in its entirety.

Section 2.   Such supplement shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners and the Clerk to the Harnett County Board of Commissioners is hereby authorized and ordered to insert such supplement into the copy of the Code of Ordinances kept on file in the Office of the Clerk.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners on this 3rd day of December 2018.

                     HARNETT COUNTY

                     BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

                     /s/ Gordon Springle

                     Gordon Springle, Chairman

ATTEST:

/s/ Margaret Regina Wheeler

Margaret Regina Wheeler, Clerk to the Board