A city may by ordinance prohibit, regulate, divert, control, and limit pedestrian or vehicular traffic upon the public streets, sidewalks, alleys, and bridges of the city.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-300
Traffic control
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 161 N.C. App. 211 - Norman v. North Carolina Department of Transportation (2003)
Most recently applied in 208 N.C. App. 718 - Barris v. Town of Long Beach (December 2010)
1917, c. 136, subch. 5, s. 1; 1919, cc. 136, 237; C.S., s. 2787; 1941, c. 153, ss. 1, 2; c. 272; 1947, c. 7; 1953, c. 171; 1965, c. 945; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.
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Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.