A county may by ordinance regulate places of amusement and entertainment, and may regulate, restrict, or prohibit the operation of pool and billiard halls, dance halls, carnivals, circuses, or itinerant shows or exhibitions of any kind. Places of amusement and entertainment include coffeehouses, cocktail lounges, nightclubs, beer halls, and similar establishments, but any regulation of such places shall be consistent with any permit or license issued by the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-135
Regulation of places of amusement
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 911 F. Supp. 948 - K. Hope, Inc. v. Onslow County (1995)
Most recently applied in 911 F. Supp. 948 - K. Hope, Inc. v. Onslow County (November 1995)
1963, c. 1060, ss. 1, 1 1/2; 1965, cc. 388, 567, 1083, 1158; 1967, c. 495, s. 2; 1969, c. 36, s. 1; 1971, c. 702, ss. 1-3; 1973, c. 822, s. 1; 1981, c. 412, ss. 4, 5.
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