CODE OF THE CITY OF HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA

 

The Charter and the
General Ordinances of the City

 

Ordained and Published
By Order of the
City Council

 

OFFICIALS
OF THE
CITY OF HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA

MAYOR
William S. Bencini, Jr.

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CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
Cynthia Y. Davis
James C. Davis
Jason P. Ewing
Jeffrey J. Golden
Alyce E. Hill
Alexander B. Latimer, IV
Jay W. Wagner
Christopher Williams

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CITY CLERK
Lisa B. Vierling

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CITY MANAGER
Gregory W. Demko

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CITY ATTORNEY
JoAnne L. Carlyle

PREFACE

This volume is a republication of the Charter and Code of Ordinances of High Point, North Carolina, including all general and permanent ordinances enacted by the City Council through Ordinance No. 7208/16-28, adopted May 16, 2016. The former volume was supplemented 27 times through Ordinance No. 7121/15-04, adopted February 2, 2015. Notations indicating supplemented pages have been deleted.

The Code consists of:

The Charter and all local acts which are not a part of the Charter document.

State Laws which govern the organization and procedure of the municipal governing body. These laws control in situations to which they apply unless the Charter provides otherwise; and

The Code of Ordinances, which includes citations referring to the official source and date of original ordinances, and those without citations representing new ordinances.

This Code is designed to serve as a compilation of ordinances and as a reliable reference guide. The titles, chapters and articles of the Code follow in logical order. The table of contents, the sectional analysis at the beginning of each chapter and the indices provide sufficient points of reference for all elements of the Code.

Page Numbering System

The page numbering system used in this republication is a prefix system. The letters to the left of the colon are an abbreviation which represents a certain portion of the volume. The number to the right of the colon represents the number of the page in that portion. In the case of a chapter of the Code, the number to the left of the colon indicates the number of the chapter. In the case of an appendix to the Code, the letter immediately to the left of the colon indicates the letter of the appendix. The following are typical parts of codes of ordinances, which may or may not appear in this Code at this time, and their corresponding prefixes:

CHARTER	CHT:1
CHARTER COMPARATIVE TABLES	CHTCT:1
CODE	CD1:1
CODE APPENDIX	CDA:1
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLES	CCT:1
STATE LAW REFERENCE TABLE	SLT:1
CHARTER LAWS INDEX	CHTi:1
CODE INDEX	CDi:1

 

Numbering System

The numbering system used in this Code is the same system used in many state and municipal codes. Each section number consists of three component parts separated by dashes, the first figure referring to the title number, the second referring to the chapter number, and the third figure referring to the position of the section within the chapter. Thus, the first section of Title 2, Chapter 3 is numbered 2-3-1 and the fourth section of Title 3, Chapter 1 is 3-1-4.

Index

The general index of the Code has been prepared with the greatest of care. Each particular item has been placed under several headings, some of the headings being couched in lay phraseology, others in legal terminology, and still others in language generally used by municipal officials and employees. There are numerous cross references within the index itself which stand as guideposts to direct the user to the particular item in which he/she is interested.

Looseleaf Supplements

A special feature of this Code to which the attention of the user is especially directed is the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental servicing for the Code. With this system, the Code will be kept up-to-date periodically. Upon the final passage of amendatory ordinances, they will be properly edited and the appropriate page or pages affected will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to holders of copies of the Code, with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages.

The successful maintenance of this Code up-to-date at all times will depend largely upon the holder of the volume. As revised sheets are received, it will then become the responsibility of the holder to have the amendments inserted according to the attached instructions. It is strongly recommended by the publishers that all such amendments be inserted immediately upon receipt to avoid misplacing them and, in addition, that all deleted pages be saved and filed for historical reference purposes.

Acknowledgments

The republication of this Code was under the direct supervision of Tassy Spinks, Editor, of the Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.

The publishers are most grateful to Ms. Lisa Vierling, City Clerk, for her cooperation and assistance during the progress of the work on this Code. It is hoped that her efforts and those of the publishers have resulted in a Code of Ordinances which will make the active law of the city readily accessible to all citizens and which will be a valuable tool in the day-to-day administration of the city's affairs.

AN ORDINANCE REVISING, CONSOLIDATING, ELABORATING
AND ADDING TO THE ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HIGH POINT THAT:

Section 1. The following compilation of ordinances, set out immediately after the Charter, Related Local Laws and Related State Laws portions of this volume and designated as Part II, Titles 1 through 12 inclusive, is hereby adopted as the official Code of Ordinances of the City of High Point, North Carolina.

Section 2. (a) All ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the city enacted on or before April 20, 1982 and not included within this code, or recognized and continued in force by reference therein, are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance, except as provided in section 3.

(b)

To the extent that ordinances or portions of ordinances included within this code are the same in substance as ordinances in effect prior to the adoption of this code it is intended that they be treated as continuations and not as new enactments or amendments, in order that all rights and liabilities that have accrued are preserved and may be enforced.

Section 3. This code of ordinances contains all of the general and permanent ordinances of the City of High Point, but it does not contain, and is not intended to affect, the following classes of ordinances or actions having the effect of ordinances:

1.

Annexation ordinances;

2.

Budget ordinances or amendments thereto;

3.

Bond orders and ordinances;

4.

Ordinances granting a franchise;

5.

Ordinances or resolutions pertaining to the exercise of the power of eminent domain;

6.

Ordinances or resolutions pertaining to the levy of special assessments;

7.

Ordinances amending the charter of the City of High Point, pursuant to article 5, part 4 of chapter 160A, General Statutes of North Carolina;

8.

Ordinances, resolutions or orders naming, renaming or closing a street;

9.

Ordinances or resolutions establishing or amending the boundaries of wards or election districts;

10.

Ordinances establishing or amending the boundaries of zoning districts;

11.

Resolutions of any type;

12.

Ordinances establishing or amending a position, classification and pay plan for municipal employees; and

13.

Ordinances of any type which are not normally or customarily codified, including but not limited to, ordinances of limited interest or ordinances of a transitory nature.

Section 4. No provision of this ordinance is intended, nor shall be construed, to affect in any way any rights or interests (whether public or private):

(a)

Now vested or accrued, in whole or in part, the validity of which might be sustained or preserved by reference to any provision of an ordinance repealed by the adoption of this code.

(b)

Derived from, or which might be sustained or preserved in reliance upon, action heretofore taken pursuant to or within the scope of any ordinance repealed by the adoption of this code.

Section 5. No action or proceeding of any nature (whether civil or criminal, judicial or administrative or otherwise) pending on the effective date of this ordinance by or against the City of High Point or any of its departments or agencies shall be abated or otherwise affected by the adoption of this code.

Section 6. If any portion of this code or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this code which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this code are declared to be severable.

Section 7. Ordinances which are adopted after the cut-off date specified in section 2 shall be forwarded to the North Carolina League of Municipalities for codification into this volume. The League is hereby authorized to make all necessary editorial changes to codify such ordinances appropriately.

Section 8. A copy of this code shall be kept on file in the office of the city clerk and it shall be the express duty of the clerk, or someone authorized by the clerk, to insert in their designated places all duly adopted amendments to this code, and to extract from this code all provisions which may be from time to time duly repealed. A copy of this code shall be available for all persons desiring to examine it during reasonable time, under the supervision of the city clerk.

Section 9. It shall be unlawful for any person to change or amend by additions or deletions any part or portion of this code, or to alter or tamper with the code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the ordinances of the City of High Point to be misrepresented thereby. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as provided in section 14-4 of the General Statutes of North Carolina.

Section 10. This ordinance, and the code of ordinances which it adopts, shall be full force and effect from and after the 20th day of April, 1982.

	City of High Point
	By:  s/ Robert O. Wells       Mayor
ATTEST:
s/ Patricia Paris Simmons       City Clerk