Any local government may enact and enforce a mountain ridge protection regulation pursuant to Article 14 of Chapter 113A of the N.C. Gen. Stat. and shall comply with all applicable provisions of that Article and, to the extent not inconsistent with that Article, with this Chapter, unless the local government has removed itself from the coverage of Article 14 of Chapter 113A of the N.C. Gen. Stat. through the procedure provided by law. ?(2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d).)