(A) Notices of violation. When an inspector from the Fire Prevention Bureau discovers a violation of the City of Asheboro Fire Prevention Ordinance, specifically including without limitation the adopted provisions of the North Carolina Fire Code, a notice of violation may be issued to the person(s) and/or legal entity(ies) responsible for the violation(s). Such a notice shall state, at a minimum, the nature of the violation(s), the corrective action(s) that must be taken in order to abate the violation(s), and the date when a reinspection will be conducted. The date of a reinspection shall be no less than ten business days and no more than 30 business days from the date of service of the notice of violation on the offender by means of personal service or certified mail, return receipt requested. During this reinspection, if a violation has not been corrected, the person(s) and/or legal entity(ies) responsible for the violation(s) may be issued a final notice of violation. A final notice of violation shall state, at a minimum, the nature of the continuing violation(s), the corrective action(s) that must be taken in order to abate the violation(s), and the date when another reinspection will be conducted. The date of a reinspection that is scheduled subsequent to the issuance of a final notice of violation shall be no less than ten business days and no more than 30 business days from the date of service of the final notice of violation by means of personal service or certified mail, return receipt requested. After the issuance of a final notice of violation, the inspectors within the Fire Prevention Bureau shall continue to conduct reinspections at a frequency of not less than ten business days and no more than 30 business days between inspections until all violations are corrected.
(B) Reinspection fees. In order to recover the costs associated with reinspections necessitated by the failure to correct a violation, a fee of $35 per reinspection shall be assessed to each offender for the second reinspection and each subsequent reinspection that is conducted by inspectors in the Fire Prevention Bureau during the course of an on-going enforcement action. If the recipient of an invoice from the city for a single reinspection fee or multiple reinspection fees that have accumulated over time fails to pay the specified fee(s) within ten business days of the date of service of the invoice by means of personal service or by means of certified mail, return receipt requested, the city may initiate a civil action in the nature of debt in order to recover any and all reinspection fees that have not been paid and are past due.
(Ord. 02 ORD 2-11, passed 2-10-11; Am. Ord. 30 ORD 9-11, passed 9-8-11)