2024 Ordinances Adopted by the City Council

Ordinance List 2024

January

• January 8^th --        Budget Amendment - Business Improvement Grant disbursement awarded in 2021 and project is now complete (508 Kramer Street)                                                      
                                Budget Amendment - Reimbursement from Pasquotank County for Downtown recycling fees (trash compactor lease)
                                Budget Amendment - Insurance reimbursement on sewer line repair
                                Budget Amendment - Insurance reimbursement on trash truck repair
                                Budget Amendment -Reimbursement from ElectriCities for Load Management’s SCADA server replacement project
                                Budget Amendment – Allotment to begin federally mandated Lead Service Line inventory

February

• February 12^th --    Ordinance #2024-02-01 - Approving TA 01-23 to amend UDO and add language defining and regulating Commercial Pedal Vehicles
                               Ordinance #2024-02-02 – Amending the FY 2023-2024 Fee Schedule to account for the cost of 3-phase transformers and associated fees
                               Budget Amendment – Purchase of one (1) body-worn camera and 40 sets of traffic cones (Police Department)
                               Budget Amendment – Insurance reimbursement for storm damage (City Garage)
  
• February 26^th --   Ordinance #2024-02-03 – Declaring road closure for the Annual Coast Guard Marathon / Half-Marathon and 5K Run 
                              Ordinance #2024-02-04 – Declaring road closure for the Annual North Carolina Potato Festival 
                              Budget Amendment – Insurance payout for total loss of 2017 Ford F150 (Fire Department)
                              Budget Amendment – FY 2023-2024 street resurfacing funding gap allotment
  
  

March

• March 25^th --       Ordinance #2024-03-01 – Amending the Code of Ordinances – Chapter 72: Parking Rules, specifically Sections 72.15 and 72.01
                    

April

• April 8^th --           Ordinance #2024-04-01 – TA- 02-24 Amending the UDO for the purpose of adding churches or other places of worship as permissible uses in the Industrial I
                             and II zoning districts                                                         
                             Ordinance #2024-04-02 – Approving TA 03-24 to amend the UDO in order to add language to define and regulate Low-Speed Vehicles for the purpose of pedestrian
                             transport 
                             Budget Amendment – Trash compactor lease payment from Pasquotank County 
                             Budget Amendment – Emergency repairs to the Church Street pump station
                             Budget Amendment – Grant from Sentara for pickleball courts
                             Budget Amendment – Insurance reimbursement for camera replacement at Mariners’ Wharf
                             Budget Amendment – Overage in overtime incurred for FY 2023-2024 for the Water Treatment Plant
                             Budget Amendment – Council authorized salary increases for firefighters
                             Ordinance #2024-04-03 – Grant project ordinance for the Providence-Charles Inflow & Infiltration Reduction Plan
                             Ordinance #2024-04-04 – Grant project ordinance for the Lead Detection & Removal Plan – Phase 1
• April 22^nd --        Budget Amendment – River City Construction Contract

                                        

May

• May 13^th --           Budget Amendment – Flora Street Stormwater Improvement Project
                               Budget Amendment – Insurance reimbursement for repair to WWTP’s Truck #437 after collision with a deer
                               Budget Amendment – Insurance reimbursement for Hall Honda generator repair
                               Ordinance #2024-05-01 – Dawson Canal & Outfall Restoration Grant Project Ordinance
• May 28^th --           Ordinance #2024-05-02 – Approving TA 05-24 to amend the UDO in order to add language to define and regulate Vape-Tobacco shops
                               Budget Amendment – Insurance reimbursement for Fire Station One’s damage from being struck by a vehicle
                               Budget Amendment – Payment for Greg Isley Bookkeeping Firm for remainder of FY 2023-2024                         

June

• June 10^th --          Budget Amendment – Insurance reimbursement for Midgett Building repairs due to clogged HVAC drain line
                              Ordinance #2024-06-06 (#2023-02-02 AMENDED) – Water Street Transformation Project grant ordinance
• June 24^th --         Ordinance #2024-06-01 – Local Landmark Status for EC Cotton, LLC. (PIN: 891419513856)       
                              Ordinance #2024-06-02 – Approving TA 01-24 to amend the UDO in order to add language to define and regulate Short-Term Rental Units
                              Ordinance #2024-06-03 – Approving TA 06-24 to amend the UDO in order to add language to define and regulate a new zoning district (R-4) for tiny home dwellings
                              Ordinance #2024-06-04 – Amendment to Ordinance #2022-09-01 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
                              Ordinance #2024-06-05 – Amendment to Grant Project Ordinance #2022-09-01 – American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery
                              Funds
                              Budget Amendment – Transfer of the interest / investment earnings of ARPA funds
• June 28^th --          Budget Ordinance for FY 2024-2025
                              Budget Amendment – End-of-year amendment to appropriate additional funds in anticipation of overages of extra expenses for closeout

July

• July 8^th--              Ordinance #2024-07-01 – Declaring a road closure for the Back-to-School Bash Event
                               Ordinance #2024-07-02 – Amendment Grant Project Ordinance #2024-04-04 for the Lead Detection & Removal Plan Phase I and II
• July 29^th--             Ordinance #2024-07-03 – Rezoning Request RZ 03-24 (Parcel IDs: 7993573417 & 7993486760)
                               Ordinance #2024-07-04 – Approving TA 07-24 to amend the UDO for the purpose of increasing the height and size of allowable signage at public schools
                               within a residential district
                               Ordinance #2024-07-06 – Grant Project Ordinance for Pump Station Rehabilitation Project
                               Budget Amendment – Appropriating funds for Nexgrid smart water meters
                               Ordinance #2024-07-07 – Nexgrid Smart Water Meter Capital Project Ordinance
  
  

August                  

• August 26^th --        Budget Amendment – Handguns for the Police Department purchased with Equitable Shares Funds
                                Ordinance #2024-08-01 – Condemnation and Demolition – 905 South Martin Street
                                Ordinance #2024-08-02 – Condemnation and Demolition – 1605 Lark Street
                                Ordinance #2024-08-03 - Condemnation and Demolition – 1318 Highland Avenue
                                Ordinance #2024-08-04 – The Weeksville Road Accessibility and Connectivity Plan Grant Project Ordinance
                                Ordinance #2024-08-05 – Raw Water Replacement Project Grant Project Ordinance         

September

• September 9^th --   Ordinance #2024-09-01 – The Violent Crime Reduction Initiative Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grant Award
                                Budget Amendment – Employee Transfer from Police Department to IT Department
                                Budget Amendment – July 1^st Employee Salary Increases (5% for Public Utilities + $1,500 Bonus and 3% for All Other)
• September 23^rd -- Ordinance #2024-09-02 – Rezoning Request RZ 04-24 filed by CP Investments 1, LLC for 45.34 acres (Parcel IDs: 8903171974 & 8903281001)
                                Ordinance #2024-09-03 – Rezoning Request RZ 05-24 filed by Freedom Baptist Ministries for 14.24 acres at 957 Body Road (Parcel ID: 891303326681)
                                Budget Amendment – Fleet Maintenance Accounting Correction
                                Ordinance #2024-09-04 – Amending Code of Ordinances to Add Section 130.14: Urinating and Defecating on Public Property
                                Ordinance #2024-09-05 – Amending the Code of Ordinances to Add Section 130.15: Soliciting and Begging
                                Ordinance #2024-09-06 – Amending the Code of Ordinances to Add Section 130.16: Camping on Public and Private Property
                                Ordinance #2024-09-07 – Grant Project Ordinance for Resilient Stormwater (Grant No: CW53193)

October

• October 14^th -       Ordinance #2024-10-01 – Conditional Zoning Request CZ 01-24 (Tax Map P123 Parcels 4A and 11 – 1875 Weeksville Road and 803 Pitts Chapel Road)
                                Budget Amendment – Grant from Albemarle EMC for ADA Accessible Automatic Doors for Senior Center
                                Budget Amendment – Transfer of Additional Funding from Fund Balance Appropriated to Vehicle Maintenance for Fire Department
• October 28^th -       Ordinance #2024-10-02 – Rezoning Request RZ 06-24 – 451 North Hughes Boulevard – 8.48-Acre Parcel (Tax ID: 891419513856 Map #77-A-7)
                                Ordinance #2024-10-03 – Voluntary Annexation Petition for 957 Body Road (14.242 Acres ID:891303326681 Map#P90-29C)
                                Ordinance #2024-10-04 – Grant Project Ordinance for Flora Street Stormwater Improvements (Grant No: NCEM-DRMG2305)
                                Budget Amendment – Transfer from Retained Earnings Appropriated to Line Improvements for Installation of Transformers

November

• November 25^th --  Ordinance #2024-11-01 – To Repeal Chapter 114: Taxicabs of the City of Elizabeth City Code of Ordinances in its Entirety
                                Ordinance #2024-11-02 – Amending Chapter 72: Parking Rules in the Code of Ordinances and the Corresponding FY 2024-2025 Fee Schedule
                                Budget Amendment – Insurance Reimbursement for Fence Repair Around Retention Pond
                                Budget Amendment – Public Utilities Break Room Repair and Refurbishment
                                Budget Amendment – Lead Service Line Inventory Phase I Completed and Grant Funds Reimbursed
                                Budget Amendment – WithersRavenel Flow Testing / Project Management for I&I Reduction Plan Project

December

• December 9^th --    Ordinance #2024-12-01 – RZ 07-24 – Rezoning Request for 318 South Hughes Boulevard from General Business (GB) to Office & Institutional (O&I)
                                (Tax ID: 891305284685, Map #66-C-23,24,25)
                                Budget Amendment – Lobbyist Services (WolfeStein) for 2025