North Carolina General Statutes and Administrative Code
This section on North Carolina Statutes and North Carolina Administrative Code is more comprehensive than statute and regulation sections for other states covered in this notebook. In addition to zoning regulations, it also includes state public health law and pollution law and regulations that apply to livestock operations, including law and regulations governing odor and nuisances. Laws and regulations addressing public health and pollution control in other states may be found through the URLs for State Law Making Bodies, Statutes and Regulations or URLs for State Homepages/State Agencies sections.
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North Carolina General Statutes
Counties
Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power
General Ordinance-Making Power for Counties
Territorial jurisdiction of county ordinances
Enforcement of ordinances
Enumeration not exclusive
Abatement of Public Health Nuisances
Planning and Regulation of Development
Territorial jurisdiction
Planning Agency
Supplemental Powers
Procedure for adopting or amending ordinances under this Article and Chapter 160A, Article 19.
Enforcement of ordinances
Submission of statement concerning improvements
Building setback lines
Subdivision regulation
Contents and requirements of ordinance
Ordinance to contain procedure for plat approval; approval prerequisite to plat recordation; statement by owner
Effect of plat approval on dedications
Penalties for transferring lots in unapproved subdivisions
"Subdivision" defined
Grant of power
Purposes in view
Zoning regulations for manufactured homes
Districts zoning less then entire jurisdiction
Method of procedure
Vesting rights
Board of adjustment
Conflict with other laws
Part applicable to buildings constructed by the State and its subdivisions; exception
Statute of limitations
Editor's Note: There is also a statute of limitation of 30 days, contained in G.S. 153-345 (counties) and G.S.160A-388 (cities), for challenging individual zoning decisions of the board of commissioners.
North Carolina General Statutes
Cities
Annexation of Noncontiguous Areas
Extraterritorial Powers
Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power
General ordinance-making power
Enforcement of ordinances
Ordinances effective on city property outside limits
Abatement of public health nuisances
Planning and Regulation of Development
Territorial jurisdiction
Planning Agency
Extraterritorial representation
Supplemental powers
Procedure for adopting amending ordinances under Article
Statute of limitations
Enforcement of ordinances
Validation of ordinance
Subdivision regulation
Contents and requirements of ordinance
Ordinance to contain procedure for plat approval; approval prerequisite to plat recordation; statement by owner
Effect of plat approval on dedications
Penalties for transferring lots in unapproved subdivisions
Definition
Grant of Power
Districts
Purposes in view
Zoning regulations for manufactured homes
Method of procedure
Changes
Vested rights
Protest petition; form; requirements; time for filing
Planning agency; zoning plan; certification to city council
Board of adjustment
Remedies
Conflict with other laws
Other statutes not repealed
Part applicable to buildings constructed by State and subdivisions; exception
North Carolina General Statutes
Pollution Control
Title
Purpose
Definitions
Siting Requirements for swine houses, lagoons, and land areas onto which waste is applied at swine farms
Enforcement
Written notice of swine farms
Permitting for Discharge of Wastewater
Effluent standards or limitations
Control of sources of water pollution; permits required
Enforcement procedures; civil penalties
Enforcement procedures; criminal penalties
Enforcement procedures; injunctive relief
Animal Waste Management Systems
Legislative findings and intent
Definitions
Applications and permits
Operations review
Violations requiring immediate notification
Inspections
Fees for animal waste management systems
Violation Points Systems Applicable to Swine Farms
Declaration of policy; definitions
Administration of air quality program
Air quality standards and classifications
Control of sources of air pollution; permits required
Control of complex sources
Special orders
Clean Water Management Trust Fund
Purpose
Definitions
Clean Water Management Trust Fund; established
Clean Water Management Trust Fund; eligibility for grants; matching funds or property requirement
Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program
Agriculture Cost Share Program
Program participation
Committee establishment
Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973
Short title
Preamble
Applicability of this article
North Carolina General Statutes
Health Law
Definitions
Permit for feeding garbage to swine
Application for permit
Revocation of permits
Sanitation
Cooking or other treatment
Inspection and investigation; maintenance of records
Enforcement of Part; rules and regulations
Penalties
Penalty for Keeping Swine Near State Institutions
County Board of Health, District Health Department, Health Director
County board of health; appointment; terms
Creation of district health department
District Board of Health
Dissolution of district health department
Powers and duties of a local board of health
Appointment of local health director
Powers and duties of local health director
Right of entry
Injunction
Abatement of public health nuisance
Abatement of imminent hazard
North Carolina General Statutes
Nuisance
Nuisance Liability of Agricultural and Forestry Operations/Right-to-Farm
Legislative determination and declaration of policy
When agricultural and forestry operations, etc. not constituted a nuisance by changed conditions in locality
Prelitigation Mediation of Farm Nuisance Disputes
Farmland Preservation Enabling Act
Short title and purpose
Farmland preservation programs authorized
Qualifying farmland
Revocation of conservation agreement
Voluntary agricultural districts
Agricultural advisory board
Public hearings on condemnation of farmland
Record notice of proximity to farmlands
Waiver of water and sewer assessments
County ordinances
Purchase of agricultural conservation easements
North Carolina Administrative Code
Pollution Control
Rules for Wastes Not Discharged to Surface Waters
Purpose
Scope
Definition of terms
Activities which require a permit
Permitting by Regulation
Innovative Animal Waste Operation Permits For Swine Operations
Purpose
Definitions
Requirements for certification of waste management plans
Approved best management practices
Technical specialist designation
Temporary Odor Rules for Animal Operations (Adopted February 11, 1999)
Definitions
Control of odors from animal operations
Best management plans for animal operations
Reporting requirements for animal operations
Activities exempted from reporting requirements
Draft Permanent Animal Operations Odor Rule (Not yet adopted)
Definitions
Control of odors form animal operations using liquid animal waste management systems
Best management plans for animal operations
Reporting requirements for animal operations
Activities exempted from permit requirements
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