(A) After the effective date of this chapter, no subdivision plat of land within the jurisdiction of this chapter shall be filed or recorded until it shall have been submitted to and approved by the appropriate approval authority.
(B) The Review Officer shall not certify for recording a plat of subdivision of land subject to this chapter that has not been approved in accordance with this chapter nor shall the Clerk of Superior Court order or direct the recording of a plat if the recording would be in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.
(C) After the effective date of this chapter, any person who, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land within the jurisdiction of this chapter, thereafter subdivides his or her land in violation of this chapter or transfers or sells land by reference to, exhibition of or any other use of a plat showing a subdivision of the land before the plat has been properly approved under this chapter and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds shall subject the violators to the penalties and remedies set forth in this chapter. The description by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other document used in the process of selling or transferring land shall not exempt the transaction from the penalties and remedies.
(D) An order of abatement may direct that buildings or other structures on the property be closed, demolished or removed; that fixtures, furniture or other movable property be removed from buildings on the property; that abandoned or junked vehicles be removed; that improvements or repairs be made; or that any other action be taken that is necessary to bring the property into compliance with this chapter. If the defendant fails or refuses to comply with an injunction or with an order of abatement within the time allowed by the court, he or she may be cited for contempt, and the town may execute the order of abatement. The town shall have a lien on the property for the cost of executing an order of abatement in the nature of a mechanic’s and material man’s lien. The defendant may secure cancellation of an order of abatement by paying all costs of the proceedings and posting a bond for compliance with the order. The bond shall be given with sureties approved by the Clerk of Superior Court in an amount approved by the judge before whom the matter is heard and shall be conditioned on the defendant’s full compliance with the terms of the order of abatement within a time fixed by the judge. Cancellation of an order of abatement shall not suspend or cancel an injunction issued in conjunction therewith.
(E) The provision of this chapter may be enforced by one, all or a combination of the remedies authorized and prescribed by this section and § 152.999.
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