(A) The purpose of this chapter is to provide a just, equitable and practicable method whereby non-residential buildings and premises which from any cause, endanger the life, limb, health, morals, property, safety or welfare of the general public or their occupants, diminish property values or detract excessively form he appropriate appearance of the area in which they are located, may be required to be repaired, closed, vacated or demolished.
(B) The North Carolina State Building Code, current edition, shall serve as the standard for all alterations, repairs, additions, removals, demolitions and other acts of building made or required pursuant to this chapter.
(Ord. passed 4-7-2015)
(A) Pursuant to G.S. Chapter 160A-174, it is hereby found and declared that there exists in the town nonresidential buildings and premises which are unsafe and especially dangerous to life because of liability to fire or because of bad conditions of walls, overloaded floors, defective construction, decay, unsafe wiring or heating systems, inadequate means of egress and other causes.
(B) In addition, it is hereby found and declared, that there exists in the town nonresidential buildings and premises which, although not meeting the classification of unsafe and especially dangerous to life, fail to fully comply with all the minimum standards for nonresidential buildings and premises fitness as established herein and, therefore, have present one or more conditions which are inimical to the public health, safety and general welfare. Such conditions, if not corrected, can lead to deterioration and dilapidation of nonresidential buildings and premises which render them unsafe and especially dangerous to life.
(Ord. passed 4-7-2015)
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