(a) This article is adopted pursuant to the authority granted to the Board of Aldermen in Session Law 2023-27 S.B. 465 to regulate junked or abandoned vessels in navigable waters within the town’s jurisdictional boundaries pursuant to G.S. § 160A-205.6 and to regulate the removal of such vessels pursuant to G.S. § 160A-303.
(b) This article shall apply to all navigable waters within the jurisdictional boundaries of the town.
(c) This article shall not apply to vessels owned or operated in the official performance of duties by any federal, state, or local government authority.
(d) This article shall not apply to any shipwreck, cargoes, tackle, and other underwater archeological remains that have been in place and unclaimed for more than ten years, and shall not be removed without the approval of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, which is the legal custodian of these properties pursuant to G.S. § 121-23.
(e) This article shall not be construed to obligate the town to appropriate funds to implement the provisions herein.
(Ord. passed 1-3-2024)