(A) Except as may be provided otherwise by state law or this Code, the Building Inspector shall administer and enforce within the territorial jurisdiction, specifically including without limitation the extraterritorial planning jurisdiction, of the city all provisions of this chapter and of the North Carolina State Building Code, and he shall perform the duties and keep the records prescribed in Article 11 of Chapter 160D of the General Statutes of North Carolina for local building and electrical inspectors.
(B) The City Council may, by resolution or otherwise, provide for the appointment or designation of such deputy and assistant building inspectors as may be considered desirable.
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision found within this Chapter, when undertaking inspections and enforcement actions in connection with unsafe structures, the city’s Chief Building Inspector and any deputy or assistant building inspector(s) are authorized to utilize the full scope of authority found within the most recent enactments of Article 11 of Chapter 160D of the General Statutes of North Carolina. This division is designed to provide city building inspectors with the greatest scope of regulatory authority available under North Carolina law to address unsafe structures and is not to be interpreted or construed as a limitation on any other regulatory authority otherwise delegated to a building inspector.
('69 Code, § 5-2) (Am. Ord. 08 ORD 4-13, passed 4-4-13; Am. Ord. 36 ORD 12-21, passed 12-9-21)