(A) The appropriate county officer and employees shall have a right, upon presentation of proper credentials, to enter on any premises within the county's ordinance-making jurisdiction at any reasonable hour in order to determine if any motor vehicle is a health hazard or a safety hazard.
(B) (1) When an appropriate county officer or employee has declared a motor vehicle to be a health hazard or a safety hazard, he or she shall cause a tag to be placed on the motor vehicle that has been declared to be a health hazard or a safety hazard declaring it to be such, and shall give written notice by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the owner, lessee or occupant of the premises upon which the motor vehicle is situated.
(2) The notice shall contain as full and accurate a description of the vehicle as can be reasonably determined and shall advise the owner, lessee or occupant that unless the vehicle is removed from the premises within ten days after receipt of the notice, the county may remove the vehicle pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(3) The notice shall also advise the owner, lessee or occupant that, during the ten-day period following receipt of the notice, he or she may contact the county officer or employee for a hearing to contest the finding that the vehicle is a health hazard or a safety hazard.
(C) The county may secure injunctions, abatement orders and other appropriate equitable remedies to further ensure compliance with this section, as provided in G.S. § 153A-123.
(Ord. passed 7-1-87)