(A) After failure of an owner of a dwelling or dwelling unit to comply with an ordinance or order of the Inspector issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and on adoption by the Town Council of an ordinance authorizing and directing him or her to do so, as provided by North Carolina General Statutes and § 151.45, the Inspector shall proceed to cause the structure, 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 ordinance of the Town Council and shall cause the posting on the main entrance of the structure, 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.
(B) 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 state law.
(C) As provided by North Carolina General Statutes, the amount of the cost of any repairs, alterations, improvements, vacating and closing, or removal or demolition, caused to be made or done by the Inspector pursuant to division (A) above shall be a lien against the real property on which the cost was incurred. Occupation of a building so posted shall constitute a violation subject to the penalty provided in § 10.99(A).
(1989 Code, § 151.37) (Ord. passed 7-14-1981; Am. Ord. 472, passed 6-14-1994; Am. Ord. 1953, passed 11-9-2021)