(A) If the owner of any deteriorated dwelling or dwelling unit shall fail to comply with an order of the Inspector to repair, alter or improve or to vacate and close the same within the time specified therein, or if the owner of a dilapidated dwelling or dwelling unit shall fail, to comply with an order of the Inspector to repair, alter or improve or to vacate and close and remove or demolish the same within the time specified therein, the inspector shall submit to the Board of Alderpersons at its next regular meeting a resolution directing the Town Attorney to petition the superior court for an order directing the owner to comply with the order of the Inspector, as authorized by G.S. § 160A-446(g).
(B) After failure of an owner of a deteriorated or dilapidated dwelling or dwelling unit to comply with an order of the Inspector within the time specified therein, if injunctive relief has not been sought or has not been granted as provided in division (A) above, the Inspector shall submit to the Board of Alderpersons an ordinance ordering the Inspector to cause such dwelling or dwelling unit to be repaired, altered, improved, vacated, closed, removed or demolished, as provided in the original order of the Inspector, and pending removal or demolition, to place a placard on the dwelling as provided by G.S. § 160A-443 and this section.
(Prior Code, § 17-16.3)
(C) After failure of an owner of a dwelling or dwelling unit to comply with an order of the Inspector issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and upon adoption by the Board of Alderpersons of an ordinance authorizing and directing him or her to do so, as provided by G.S. § 160A-443(5) and this section, the Inspector shall proceed to cause the dwelling or dwelling unit to be repaired, altered or improved to comply with the minimum standards of fitness established by this chapter, or to be vacated and closed and removed or demolished, as directed by the ordinance of the Board of Alderpersons, and shall cause to be posted on the main entrance of such dwelling or dwelling unit a placard with the following words: “This building is unfit for human habitation; the use or occupation of this building for human habitation is prohibited and unlawful.” Occupation of a building so posted shall constitute a misdemeanor.
(D) Each ordinance shall be recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds in the county wherein the property is located, and shall be indexed in the name of the property owner in the grantor index, as provided by G.S. § 160A-443(5).
(Prior Code, § 17-18)