Any person who, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land located within the territorial jurisdiction of this chapter, subdivides his or her land in violation of this chapter or transfers or sells land by reference to or exhibition of, or any other use of a plat showing a subdivision of the land before the plat has been properly approved under the terms of this chapter and recorded in the office of the County Register of Deeds, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. 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 this penalty. The town may bring an action for injunction of any illegal subdivision, transfer, conveyance, or sale of land, and the court shall, upon appropriate findings, issue an injunction and order requiring the offending party to comply with this section. Building permits required pursuant to G.S. § 160A-417 may be denied for lots that have been illegally subdivided. In addition to other remedies, the town may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent the unlawful subdivision of land, to restrain, correct, or abate the violation, or to prevent any illegal act or conduct as provided in G.S. § 160A-375(a).
(`94 Code, App. B, Art. III, § 1) (Am. Ord. 06-17, passed 2-13-07)