(A) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to leave outside any building in a place accessible to children any appliance, refrigerator or container, as defined in division (B) below.
(2) This law shall not apply to any appliance, refrigerator or container which has been placed on or adjacent to the rear of the building and is crated, strapped or locked to an extent that it is impossible for a child to obtain access to any air-tight compartment thereof.
(Prior Code, § 9-5)
(B) (1) Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to discard, abandon, leave or allow to remain in any place any icebox, refrigerator or other container, device or equipment of any kind with an interior storage area of more than one and one-half cubic feet of clear space which is air-tight, without first removing the door or doors or hinges from the icebox, refrigerator, container or equipment.
(2) Applicability. This section shall not apply to any icebox, refrigerator, container, device or equipment, not in violation of division (A) above, which is being used for the purpose for which it was originally designed, or is being used for display purposes by any retail or wholesale merchant, or is crated, strapped or locked to an extent that it is impossible for a child to obtain access to any air-tight compartment thereof.
(Prior Code, § 9-6)
Penalty, see § 96.999
Cross-reference:
Abandoned vehicles, see Ch. 101
Statutory reference:
Discarding or abandoning iceboxes, refrigerators and similar containers, precautions required, see G.S. § 14-318.1