CHAPTER 15: OFFENSES 1
Section
   15-101   Firearms regulated
   15-102   Posting bills or other advertising
   15-103   Fire bombs prohibited
   15-104   Yard sales (garage sale, attic sale, rummage sale, porch sale)

 

Notes

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1Cross-reference:
General penalty, § 1-111; public consumption of alcoholic beverages, § 3-101; removal of bitten
  animals from quarantine, § 4-206; discharging firecrackers and other explosives prohibited,
  § 14-202(R); gambling in parks, § 16-210; disorderly conduct in parks, § 16-211; indecent
  behavior in parks, § 16-218.
§ 15-101  FIREARMS REGULATED.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm or air rifle of any type within the corporate limits, except by a law enforcement officer in the performance of his or her duty, or by a private citizen in defense of person or property, or pursuant to lawful directions of law-enforcement officers.
(Code 1976, § 11.4)  Penalty, see § 1-111
Cross-reference:
   Firearms in parks, § 16-204.
Statutory reference:
   Authority of city to regulate discharge of firearms, G.S. § 160A-189.
§ 15-102  POSTING BILLS OR OTHER ADVERTISING.
   No person shall stick, paint, brand, stamp, write, or put upon any house, fence, wall, pavement, post, or upon any property owned by any person, or owned by the town any printed, written, painted, or other advertisement, bill, notice, sign, or poster without first having obtained the written permission of the owner of such property.
(Code 1976, § 11.5)
Cross-reference:
   Advertising, notices, bills in parks, § 16-202; use of nails and tacks on poles restricted, § 19-106.
§ 15-103  FIRE BOMBS PROHIBITED.
   (A)   The provisions of this section shall be in addition to any state and federal law and, where applicable, shall be preempted by state and federal law, including, but not limited to G.S. § 14-284.1.
   (B)   For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.
      FIREBOMB. Any type of object designed, or constructed, so that, upon being propelled, it will explode, or ignite, its area of impact.
      MOLOTOV COCKTAIL. Any breakable container, or any container which is designed in such a manner that upon being propelled, it will, at impact, empty its contents which is filled with an inflammable fluid, or substance, and which is fitted with a fuse or wick.
   (C)   It shall be unlawful for any person, or persons, to manufacture, possess, transport, or use any Molotov cocktail, or other firebomb.
   (D)   It shall be unlawful for any person, or group of persons, to possess all the items, or materials, needed to manufacture Molotov cocktails, or other firebombs, except that individual components that are lawful for other purposes (for example, gasoline and kerosene) may be kept in a secure location.
(Code 1976, § 11.6)  Penalty, see § 1-111
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