NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 88

HOUSE BILL 187

AN ACT TO REQUIRE A PERMIT FROM THE CHARLOTTE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR PYROTECHNICS EXHIBITIONS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.  

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 14-413 is hereby amended by adding a sentence at the end thereof as follows:

"In addition to the other permit requirements contained in this section, any person, firm, corporation or association desiring to conduct a pyrotechnics exhibition within the corporate limits of the City of Charlotte shall first obtain a permit from the Charlotte Fire Department. The Charlotte Fire Department is hereby authorized to establish rules and regulations with regard to the issuance of such permits. In issuing such permits, the Charlotte Fire Department shall consider the public health and safety."

Sec. 2. This act shall apply to the City of Charlotte only.

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of March, 1981.