(A) Unless an ordinance expressly provides which remedy or remedies shall be used to enforce its provisions, the city may enforce an ordinance by fines, imprisonment, civil penalties, actions in law and actions in equity or by a combination of such remedies.
(B) The power to enforce an ordinance shall include the power to secure preliminary injunctions, temporary restraining orders, mandatory injunctions or prohibitory injunctions, orders of abatement and any other appropriate equitable remedy issuing from the appropriate division of the North Carolina General Court of Justice to the full extent that the city is empowered to use such remedy by the North Carolina General Statutes and the laws of the State of North Carolina. Legal and equitable action to enforce the ordinance shall be governed by the laws and rules governing civil proceedings including G.S. § 160A-175(e) and the Rules of Civil Procedure.
(C) It shall not be a defense to an application by the city for equitable relief that it may have an adequate remedy at law.
(Ord. passed 6-20-96)