COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER.

Raleigh City Code § 11-5003

in effect

Sec. 11-5003. - COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER. It shall be unlawful for any person, business or other entity to provide bus service as herein defined within the corporate limits of the City unless such person has complied with and shall continue to comply with the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, this chapter shall not apply to any bus service operated as follows: (a) Private transit service provided pursuant to contract to a group of more than eight (8) patrons none of whom pay fares when boarding or unboarding or who use prepurchased passes. (b) Between fixed termini only one (1) of which is within the corporate limits of the City and no single passenger trip is within the corporate limits of the City. (c) Contracted transportation of a group of passengers (charter) from a single trip origin to a single trip destination with no boarding or discharging of passengers between the single origin and destination. (d) Passing through the entire City without picking up or discharging any passengers within the corporate limits of the City. (e) For the exclusive purpose of providing transportation to the clientele of public or private, nonprofit human service agencies or to public or private schools. (f) Transportation by motor vehicles owned or operated by or on behalf of hotels or motels while used exclusively for the transportation of hotel or motel patronage between hotels and motels and local railroad or other common carrier stations. (g) Transportation of passengers to and from airports and passenger airline terminals when such transportation is incidental to transportation by aircraft. (h) Transportation by motor vehicles used exclusively for the transportation of passengers to or from religious services or transportation of pupils and employees to and from private or parochial schools or transportation to and from functions for students and employees of private or parochial schools. (i) Transportation of any bona fide employees to and from their place(s) of regular employment by employer. (j) Operations pursuant to Article A, Chapter 4, of the Raleigh City Code. (Ord. No. 1982-992, §1, 10-5-82)

Source: City of Raleigh, North Carolina, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nc/raleigh/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=DIVIICOGEOR_PT11TR_CH5PRBUSE_S11-5003COCHFetched: 11/1/2026