North Carolina General Statutes 153A-145.6. Requiring compliance with voluntary State regulations and rules prohibited
(a) If a State department or agency declares a regulation or rule to be voluntary or the General Assembly delays the effective date of a regulation or rule proposed or adopted by the Environmental Management Commission, or any other board or commission, a county shall not require or enforce compliance with the applicable regulation or rule, including any regulation or rule previously or hereafter incorporated as a condition or contractual obligation imposed by, agreed upon, or accepted by the county in any zoning, land use, subdivision, or other developmental approval, including, without limitation, a development permit issuance, development agreement, site-specific development plan, or phased development plan.
(b) This section shall apply to the following regulations and rules:
(1) Those currently in effect.
(2) Those repealed or otherwise expired.
(3) Those temporarily or permanently held in abeyance.
(4) Those adopted but not yet effective.
(c) This section shall not apply to any water usage restrictions during either extreme or exceptional drought conditions as determined by the Drought Management Advisory Council pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-355.1 ?(2015-246, s. 2(a).)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 153A-145.6
- County: means any one of the counties listed in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-1
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3