§ 22-65. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Accessways means designated points or easements where vehicles may legally travel from public roads to the beach strand.

Beach strand (permitted driving area) means the area of the beach below mean high water adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean, Topsail Inlet, and Banks Channel. (Topsail Sound.)

Frontal dune means the dune closest to the beach strand.

Handicapped person means the same as defined in G.S. 20-37.5.

Motor-driven vehicles means any vehicle capable of transporting persons or property, consisting of two or more wheels and propelled by a gasoline, electric, or other type of motor.

Sand dune area means any area at Topsail Beach landward of the mean high-water mark on the ocean front, the sound, Topsail Inlet, and the Surf City line containing mounds of sand.

(Code 1979, § 7-1072; Code 1990, § 10-72; Ord. No. 93-001, § 1, 1-13-1993)