State v. Jones

BRANCH, Chief Justice.

Defendant’s petition for discretionary review, allowed by this Court on 14 January 1982, presents two questions for review. First, is the ordinance in question unconstitutionally vague, and second, does the ordinance in question violate the “due process” clause of the United States Constitution or the “law of the land” clause of the Constitution of North Carolina because it constitutes an exercise of the police power for aesthetic reasons alone? We will consider these questions in reverse order;

Defendant contends that the ordinance in question violates Article I, § 19 of…