(A) Restrictions within primary fire limits. In compliance with G.S. § 160A-435, every incorporated town shall pass one or more ordinances establishing and defining fire limits, which shall include the principal business portions of the town and which shall be known as primary fire limits, with the following restrictions:
(1) Within the primary fire limits, no frame or wooden building or structure or addition thereto shall hereafter be erected, altered or moved (either into the limits or from one place to another within the limits), except by permit issued by the Inspection Department and approved by the Commissioner of Insurance.
(2) The Town Council may make additional regulations for the prevention, extinguishment or mitigation of fires within the primary fire limits.
(3) If the Town Council shall fail or refuse to establish and define the primary fire limits of
the town as required by law, after having such failure or refusal called to their attention in writing by the State Commissioner of Insurance, the Commissioner shall have the power to establish limits by making a determination that they are necessary and in the public interest.
(B) Department of Planning and Inspections. It shall be the duty of the Department of Planning and Inspections to make all inspections necessary and determine whether or not the provisions of this subchapter.
(C) Penalties. It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to fail or refuse to comply with any final order or direction of the Code Enforcement Officer(s). Further, the town may initiate any appropriate civil or criminal action or proceedings to prevent, restrain, correct or abate violations of this subchapter.
(Ord. O-2005-03, passed 6-29-2005) Penalty, see § 96.99