FILE NO. _______________
FINDINGS OF FACT AND ORDER
TO: Owners and parties in interest of the abandoned dwelling (unit) located at _______________
____________ in the (City) (Town) of _____________________, North Carolina.
The undersigned Building Inspector of the (City) (Town) of _______________________, pursuant to law, conducted a hearing at the time and place stated in the Complaint and Notice heretofore issued and served, or at a time to which the hearing was continued with previous notice to the above-named owners and parties in interest or their agents or attorneys. At the hearing, the Answer, if any, filed by the owners and parties in interest was read and considered, and the evidence, contentions, and views of the owners and parties in interest were carefully analyzed and considered by the undersigned. In addition to other evidence presented, the undesigned personally inspected the dwelling (unit) described above, and such inspection and examination has been considered, along with the other evidence offered at this hearing.
Upon the record and all of the evidence offered and contentions made, the undersigned Building Inspector does hereby find the following facts:
1. The above-named owners and parties in interest with respect to the dwelling (unit) located at the place specified above were duly surveyed as required by law with written Complaint and Notice of Hearing which set forth the Complaint that the dwelling (unit) located at the above address is unfit for human habitation and violative of the (City) (Town) Housing Code, and the particulars thereof, and fixed a time and place for a hearing upon the complaint as provided by law. At the hearing, the following owners, persons in interest, or their agents or attorneys, were present and participated therein: (insert names).
2. The building described above violates the (City) (Town) Housing Code, by reason of the following conditions found to be present and to exist in and about the structure:
A. (Specify the violation and applicable Housing Code section.)
B. Etc.
3. Due to these conditions the building described above is found to be (deteriorated) (dilapidated) conditioned within the meaning of the City/Town Housing Code, and to be unfit for human habitation.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the owners of the dwelling (unit) named above are required to bring such dwelling (unit) unto compliance with the Housing Code by repairing, altering or improving the deteriorated structure in order to render it fit for human habitation or by vacating and closing the structure as a human habitation (repairing), altering or improving the dilapidated structure in order to render it fit for human habitation by demolishing or removing the structure from the premises by a date not later than the _________ day of _______________________, 200______. (A date not more than 90 days from the date of this order.)
This, the ____________ day of ____________________, 200_____.
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BUILDING INSPECTOR
NOTE: If necessary, the Building Inspector’s order may also require the dwelling or dwelling unit to be vacated and closed until the necessary repairs are made.