Town of Lake Waccamaw v. Savage

GREENE, Judge.

This is a civil action instituted by the Town of Lake Wac-camaw. The town seeks a mandatory injunction requiring defendants to remove a sign from their property. It contends defendants’ sign violates its sign ordinance. Defendants contend their property is located outside the town limits and that the town’s attempt to exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction over them is invalid.

G.S. 160A-360 authorizes towns of Lake Waccamaw’s size to exercise certain powers within their town limits and “within a defined area extending not more than one mile beyond [their] limits.” G.S.…