(A) General duties. It shall be the duty of the Inspection Division to enforce all of the provisions of this chapter and of the regulatory codes adopted herein, and to make all inspections necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the North Carolina Building Codes including, but not limited to:
(1) Receive applications and supporting data for permits;
(2) Issue or deny permits;
(3) Make all necessary inspections to ensure code compliance;
(4) Identify provisions found to be inconsistent with the inspection;
(5) Issue or deny certificates of compliance and certificates of occupancy;
(6) Issue stop work orders or orders to correct violations;
(7) Maintain adequate records of permits issue or denied, inspections made, corrections ordered and certifications issued; and
(8) Take other actions that may be required to adequately enforce the code pursuant to statute (including, but not limited to, G.S. § 160A-412).
(B) Qualifications; code enforcement official’s qualifications. No state or local government employee shall enforce any provision of the North Carolina State Building Codes who does not possess an appropriate valid certificate issued by the North Carolina Code Official’s Qualification Board as specified in G.S. §§ 143-151.13 and 160A-411.1.
(C) Jurisdiction. The Inspection Division and the inspectors thereof shall have, pursuant to G.S. §§ 160A-411 and 160A-413, jurisdiction over all areas within the town limits, all extraterritorial areas that the town has jurisdiction pursuant to state laws, and over any areas in which the municipality have contracted with another unit of government to perform code enforcement.
(Ord. 14-9, passed 10-9-2014)
Editor’s note:
G.S. §§ 160A-411, 160A-411.1, 160A-412 and 160A-413 were repealed by Session Laws 2019-111, s. 2.3, as amended by Session Laws 2020-3, s. 4.33(a), and Session Laws 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d), effective June 19, 2020.