ADOPTING ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE TOWN OF WHITE LAKE, NORTH CAROLINA REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the political subdivision are inadequately arranged and classified and are insufficient in form and substance for the complete preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and

WHEREAS, the Acts of the Legislature of the State of North Carolina empower and authorize the political subdivision to revise, amend, restate, codify and compile any existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate such ordinances into one ordinance in book form; and

WHEREAS, the Legislative Authority of the Political Subdivision has authorized a general compilation , revision, and codification of the ordinances of the Political Subdivision of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinance in book form; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of the municipality and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality and this ordinance take effect an early date.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE TOWN OF WHITE LAKE:

Section 1.   The general ordinances of the Political Subdivision as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the “Code of Ordinances of the Town of White Lake North Carolina.”

Section 2.   Such Code of Ordinance as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:

WHITE LAKE, NORTH CAROLINA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHARTER AND RELATED LAWS

   Chapter

   TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

   10.    General Provisions

   TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION

   30.    Town Officials

   31.    Town Policies

   32.    Police

   33.    Fire Department

   34.    Taxation

   TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS

   50.    Solid Waste

   51.    General Water and Sewer Provisions

   52.    Wastewater Discharge and Pollution Abatement

   TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE

   70.    Licensing, Traffic, and Parking Regulations

   71.    Traffic Schedules

   72.    Parking Schedules

   TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS

   90.    Animals and Fowl

   91.    Fire Prevention and Protection

   92.    Abandoned, Nuisance, and Junked Vehicles

   93.    Parks and Recreation

   94.    Streets and Sidewalks

   95.    Parades and Demonstrations

   96.    Nuisances; Health and Sanitation

   TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS

   110.    General Operating and Licensing Procedures

   111.    Alcoholic Beverages

   112.    Amusements

   TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES

   130.    General Offenses

   TITLE XV: LAND USAGE

   150.    General Provisions

   151.    Buildings and Building Regulations

   152.    Flood Damage Prevention

   153.    Zoning Code

   TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES

   Table

   I.   Annexations

   II.    Boundary and Zoning Map Changes

   PARALLEL REFERENCES

   References to North Carolina Code

   References to 1983 Code

   References to Resolutions

   References to Ordinances

   INDEX

Section 3.   All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance except as they are included and re-ordained in whole or in part in such Code; provided, such repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of this ordinance, nor shall such repeal affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises, or granting special rights to certain persons, authorizing public improvements, authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements, plat or dedication of land to public use, vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places; nor shall such repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the code.

Section 4.   Such code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Legislative Authority and the Clerk of the Political Subdivision is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Clerk.

Section 5:   Such Code shall be in full force and effect as provided in Section 6, and such Code shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places of the ordinance and all provisions, sections, penalties and regulations therein contained and of the date of passage, and that the same is properly signed, attested, recorded, and approved and that any public hearings and notices thereof as required by law have been given.

Section 6.   This Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the people of this municipality, and shall take the earliest date provided by law.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Legislative Authority of the Political Subdivision on this thirteenth day of July, 2004.

                                                     /s/                     

                                 H. Goldston Womble, Jr., Mayor

ATTEST:

                /s/                     

Brenda Clark, Town Clerk