North Carolina has no statewide plastic bag ban or fee, and a former Outer Banks plastic bag ban was repealed in 2017, leaving most local bag regulation preempted in practice.
From 2010 to 2017 the coastal counties of Dare, Hyde, and Currituck operated under a statewide-mandated plastic bag ban for large retailers. The North Carolina General Assembly repealed that ban effective December 1, 2017. There is currently no statewide ban, fee, or mandate on single-use plastic carryout bags in North Carolina, and the state has not granted general authority to municipalities to impose plastic bag bans, leaving any local effort vulnerable to legal challenge. Retailers can voluntarily adopt reusable-bag programs.
There are no statewide penalties tied to plastic bag distribution; local ordinances attempting bans may be challenged as unauthorized.
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Apex, NC
Apex does not have a code provision specifically prohibiting or permitting artificial turf in residential or commercial landscapes. Where landscape material ...
Apex, NC
Apex does not mandate native plants in private landscapes but actively promotes them. The Town's Plant the Peak program installs native trees on residential ...
Apex, NC
Rainwater harvesting is legal and encouraged in Apex. North Carolina state law prohibits local governments from banning cisterns and rain barrels used for ir...
Apex, NC
Apex UDO Sec. 4.5.6 permits one Accessory Apartment per single-family lot. Attached accessory apartments have no size limit. Detached accessory apartments ar...
Apex, NC
Apex Town Code Sec. 13-62 limits Mobile Food Vendors to (a) private property with written owner permission, (b) Town-owned property with the Town Manager's w...
Apex, NC
Apex Town Code Chapter 13, Article IV (Sec. 13-60 through 13-69.5), adopted by Ordinance 2019-0305-02, requires every Mobile Food Vendor and Transient Food V...
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