For the purpose of this division, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACCESSWAYS. Designated points or easements where vehicles may legally travel from public roads to the beach strand, public or private.
BEACH STRAND. The area of the beach considered public trust area.
COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN. A citizen who possesses a valid commercial fishing license and related gear (at least 100 yards of net, a fishing boat and two additional crew members).
DISABLED PERSON. An individual who is unable to walk without the aid of other persons or equipment and who has lost total use of either one or both legs or a person who has been identified as disabled by the state or an agency of another state or the federal government.
DUNE BUGGY. A small, lightweight, open automotive vehicle equipped with oversize, low- pressure tires for traveling along sand beaches.
ESTUARINE AREA. The public trust area bordering the New River as measured by the mean high water line.
FRONTAL DUNE. The dune closest to the beach strand.
HORSE. A solid-hoofed, herbivorous, four-legged mammal including stallions, mares, geldings, mules, ponies, donkeys and the like, capable of being domesticated and ridden by Homo sapiens.
JOYRIDING. Operating a motor powered vehicle carelessly and heedlessly in willful or wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others and/or without due caution and circumspection at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property.
MOTOR-DRIVEN VEHICLE. Any vehicle capable of transporting persons or property, consisting of four or more wheels and propelled by a gasoline, electric or other type of motor.
NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH. The incorporated area of the county between the Atlantic Ocean, New River Inlet, the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and the Surf City line.
PERMISSIBLE DRIVING AREA. The public trust area bordering the New River that has been designated as an area in which four-wheel drive vehicles are allowed to drive. This area is:
Commencing at a point in the intersection of the centerline of River Road and the approximate mean high waterline of the New River Inlet, said point having coordinates of North = 287928.76 and East= 2498718.99 NAD83(2011), said point being THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING: thence from the above described true point of beginning and leaving said River Road centerline and along the approximate mean high water line the following courses and distances: South 24 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds East 223.60 feet, South 48 degrees 55 minutes 21 seconds East 152.08 feet and South 64 degrees 46 minutes 12 seconds East 306.85 feet to a point in said approximate mean high water line, thence leaving said approximate mean high water line South 75 degrees 54 minutes 38 seconds West 517.88 feet to a point, thence North 24 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds West 407.95 feet to a point in the centerline of River Road, thence leaving said centerline point North 24 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds West 1,520.72 feet to a post on the southern margin of the existing Bird Sanctuary, thence along said southern margin North 64 degrees 48 minutes 20 seconds East 250.00 feet to a point in the approximate mean high water line of New River Inlet, thence along said approximate mean highwater line South 24 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds East 1429.07 feet to a point in the centerline of River Road and being the point and place of beginning and containing 12.029 acres as surveyed by Charles Francis Riggs, P.L.S. L-2981 on July 24, 2014. The courses contained within are correct in angular relationship and are referenced to NAD83(2011).
SAND DUNE AREA. Any area at North Topsail Beach landward of the mean high-water mark on the ocean front, the intracoastal waterway, New River Inlet and the Surf City line containing mounds of sand.
SPORT FISHERMAN. A person possessing one or more rod and reels, bait and tackle who is engaged in fishing as a hobby, recreation, pleasure or as a source of diversion.
(Ord. passed 10-3-1990; Ord. passed 9-18-1991; Ord. passed 10-1-1992; Ord. passed 1-10-2000; Ord. 2014-8, passed 7-9-2014; Ord. 2017-6, passed 7-5-2017)