GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 459

SENATE BILL 285

 

AN ACT RELATING TO REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLES FROM PRIVATE LOTS IN FORSYTH COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-219.2(a) is amended by deleting the phrase "a sign no smaller than 24 inches by 24 inches prominently displayed at the entrance thereto" and substituting therefor the phrase "a sign no smaller than 3 feet by 5 feet prominently displayed thereupon".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-219.2(a) is further amended by deleting the phrase "and the parking spaces within the lot be clearly marked by signs setting forth the name of each individual lessee or owner".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 20-219.2(a) is amended by adding the following immediately after the first sentence:

"The parking space owner, lessee, or their designated agent shall have the right to install a wheel restraining device on the wheel, with a warning upon the front windshield, of a vehicle parked in a privately owned parking space in violation of this section, as an alternative to removal. The vehicle shall be released from said device upon payment of a reasonable fee to the parking space owner, lessee or their designated agent."

Sec. 4.  This act applies in Forsyth County only.

Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of June, 1983.