Pender County, NC Ordinances (2026)

Before installing an underground or aboveground storage tank for propane or any other flammable, combustible or hazardous material in unincorporated Pender County, the owner must get a…

Unincorporated Pender County bans open burning of household garbage, construction and demolition debris, business debris, tires, rubber and plastic products, and non-site-generated…

Inside Pender County parks, County Code § 28-29 bans possessing, displaying, using or igniting firecrackers, fireworks, smoke bombs, rockets, black powder guns or other pyrotechnics…

In unincorporated Pender County, construction or demolition noise that is plainly audible on a neighboring property or through a shared wall is barred between 7:00 p.m. (or sunset…

Unincorporated Pender County runs a nighttime noise curfew from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. under Code Sec. 24-44(4), barring radios, televisions and musical instruments from being plainly…

Excessive mechanical, exhaust or sound-amplifying noise from a motor vehicle or motorcycle is barred in unincorporated Pender County between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under Code Sec…

Unincorporated Pender County bars anyone from running a loudspeaker, public address system, or mobile sound truck loud enough to be plainly audible on a neighboring property between…

Pender County's noise ordinance singles out 'large party nuisance': a gathering of ten or more people that spills outdoors into a yard, balcony, common area or parking lot and is…

Pender County has no general loitering ordinance; the only loitering rule in its code bars loitering, congregating, or leaving a vehicle unattended at a county solid waste convenience…

In unincorporated Pender County, smoking, including electronic cigarettes, is unlawful anywhere inside a county park except the parking lot, the only spot the county designates for it…

In unincorporated Pender County, no one may possess, consume or display beer, wine, malt or other alcoholic beverages, or any narcotic drug, in any park area. Anyone under the…

In unincorporated Pender County, soliciting, peddling, begging or selling of any kind is unlawful in any county park area. The rule bans all begging there, not just aggressive…

Pender County has no curbside recycling; residents must separate used oil, white goods, aluminum cans, tires, batteries, paper, #1 and #2 plastics, glass and cardboard into the…

It is unlawful in unincorporated Pender County to throw, scatter, spill, dump or otherwise deposit solid waste on any property, with or without the owner's consent, under Code Sec…

Unincorporated Pender County has no curbside trash pickup; Code Sec. 26-9(a) requires solid waste to go to a county convenience center or the transfer station, and Sec. 26-9(b)(3)…

In unincorporated Pender County, yard waste placed alongside or hauled on public roads must be securely covered or tied down under County Code § 26-16(n), and residents cannot drop…

In unincorporated Pender County, no owner, occupant, tenant or lessee may leave bulky waste like furniture or appliances outside a building or dwelling for more than seven days under…

County Code § 26-17 requires anyone generating construction debris, business trash, garbage, household trash, industrial waste or yard waste in unincorporated Pender County to provide…

County Code § 26-20 requires every commercial establishment in unincorporated Pender County to keep a compliant solid waste container onsite, clean up spillage and overflow…

In unincorporated Pender County, any subdivision inside the county's public water supply watershed must show the watershed administrator a written statement that a sedimentation and…

Unincorporated Pender County requires a floodplain development permit before any development activity begins inside a mapped special flood hazard area, and a violation is a misdemeanor…

Pender County adds two feet of freeboard on top of FEMA's base flood elevation to set its regulatory flood protection elevation, the minimum height to which structures in special flood…

In unincorporated Pender County, building a dock or other water-dependent structure in a state-designated Area of Environmental Concern requires a minor development permit under the…

New subdivisions within Pender County's designated public water supply watersheds must submit a stormwater drainage plan under Pender County Code § 14-165(c), which requires a drainage…

In Pender County's coastal high hazard, storm-surge zones (Zone VE), new construction and substantial improvements must be elevated so the lowest horizontal structural member sits no…

Pender County's noise ordinance defines plainly audible sound to specifically include the rhythmic bass component of music from a vehicle or personal sound device, so deputies do not…

Pender County's Inspection Department, created under Code § 8-42 to enforce the North Carolina State Building Code, runs building inspections for the unincorporated county. The…

In unincorporated Pender County, electrical wiring cannot begin until the county health department has issued an improvement permit for the sewerage disposal system serving the…

In unincorporated Pender County, all construction must follow the North Carolina State Building Code, which the county adopts by reference as its own building code under Pender County…

Unincorporated Pender County regulates plumbing through its private sewage disposal rules: Pender County Code § 8-120 bars installing any septic tank for a mobile home or other…

In unincorporated Pender County's parks, it is unlawful to hunt, shoot, injure or molest any bird or animal, and no one may possess a wild bird or animal there. The rule is narrow: it…

In unincorporated Pender County it is unlawful for any owner or keeper to let a dog or cat run at large, off the owner's property and outside the five forms of restraint the code…

Pender County does not mandate microchipping, but section 6-8 makes it a Class 3 misdemeanor to remove or destroy a dog's collar, tag, tattoo, microchip, or any other article proving…

Unincorporated Pender County requires every dog, cat, or ferret four months or older to carry a current rabies vaccination under section 6-60, but section 6-61 specifically exempts…

Unincorporated Pender County does not ban dog breeds; instead section 6-35 lets the sheriff declare any individual dog dangerous based on its behavior, after which the owner must keep…

Unincorporated Pender County bans possessing or harboring an inherently dangerous wild animal under section 6-131, covering non-domestic cats larger than a house cat, primates, bears…

Pender County Utilities customers who want a bill credit for a water leak must notify the department of the leak and show evidence it was repaired. The department credits half the…

Pender County's Water Shortage Response Plan sets five stages of irrigation limits. At Stage 1, watering is capped at one inch per week; Stage 2 cuts that to a half inch, allowed only…

County Code § 26-16(j) requires everyone in unincorporated Pender County to store refuse in solid waste receptacles or detachable containers kept covered with tight-fitting lids at all…

Under County Code § 28-20, every Pender County park closes to the public at its posted hours, and anyone who enters or stays in a park past those hours is in violation unless the parks…

County Code § 28-22 lets the Pender County parks and recreation director reserve a picnic shelter or ball field for a specific person or group; any area that is not reserved is used on…

Pender County Code § 26-6 defines a "salvage yard" to include "private yard sales conducted in excess of 48 continuous hours," so an unincorporated-area yard sale that runs longer than…

Pender County Code § 10-74 bars abandoning motor vehicles on public grounds or private property and lets the county remove and dispose of them under G.S. 153A-132. Inoperable…

Unincorporated Pender County protects working farms through its Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program, adopted under G.S. 106-735 through 106-743. Landowners who form a voluntary…

Unincorporated Pender County's Voluntary Agricultural District program, created under Chapter 4, Article II of the county code, is the county's agricultural-zoning tool for protecting…