<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 66-1. - Authority and enactment.</div>
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               The state legislature has, in G.S. chapter 153A, article 6, section 121, General Ordinance
               Authority; in G.S. chapter 153A, article 18, Planning and Regulation of Development;
               and in G.S. chapter 143, article 21, Watershed Protection Rules, delegated the responsibility
               or directed local governmental units to adopt regulations designed to promote the
               public health, safety and general welfare of its citizenry. The governing board does
               hereby ordain and enact into law the following articles as the "Watershed Protection
               Ordinance of Halifax County," set out herein as <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH66WAPR" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">Chapter 66</a> of the Code of Ordinances of Halifax County.
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               (Ord. of 11-1-93, Â§ 101)
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