(A) Eligible vehicles. Permits shall be issued only for properly registered and licensed vehicles having a four-wheel drive or an all-wheel drive and which shall have passed inspection by the Department of Motor Vehicles of the state or by the equivalent department or agency of the state in which such vehicle is licensed, if applicable. Modified utility vehicles ("MUTV") as described in G.S. § 20-4.01(27) shall not be considered an "eligible" vehicle regardless of whether the MUTV is registered or licensed in any state. Any boat transported onto the beach must be properly registered and marked according to the licensing jurisdiction.
(B) Applications; period of validity.
(1) Any person desiring to operate a permitted vehicle on the beach of the town shall make application to the appropriately designated employee or agent(s) of the Town of Kill Devil Hills. A permit issued hereunder shall be valid from 12:01 a.m. October 1 and shall expire at 11:59 p.m. on April 30 of the following year.
(2) It is further provided that there shall be a separate permit for each vehicle for which a permit is desired under the terms of this division; except for holders of a valid state commercial fishing license, operating one or more vehicles in the business of commercial fishing, upon inspection of all vehicles so used when owned and titled in the same name and upon payment of the fee for the issuance of a single permit, duplicate permits shall be issued for all vehicles so used and owned as hereinabove stated; provided, that all such vehicles meet the licensing, inspection; and financial requirements as set out in division (A) of this section.
(3) Short-term permits up to 14 days duration may be issued.
(C) Fee. An applicant for a permit will pay a non-refundable fee in accordance with the regularly adopted fee schedule of the town at the time of issuance of the permit and will receive a device or insignia which must be permanently affixed and displayed on the left front bumper of the vehicle; except, however, in the case of a short-term/up to 14 days duration permit, a paper permit may substitute for a device or insignia which must be visibly placed on the dashboard when the vehicle is being operated on the beach.
(D) Issuance not deemed authority to operate on private property. No permit issued under this section shall be construed to authorize a vehicle or the owner or operator thereof to operate on private property without the permission of the owner of such property.
(Ord. 15-1, passed 6-8-15; Am. Ord. 19-2, passed 12-13-21; Am. Ord. 19-13, passed 8-8-22)