Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
<br />3 <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />This AGREEMENT, made and entered into this the 21St day of June, 1999, by and between Orange <br />County (hereinafter referred to as "County") and the Town of Hillsborough (hereinafter referred to <br />as "Town"), to provide for periodic fire safety inspections of facilities within Town's jurisdiction as <br />mandated by the State of North Cazolina pursuant to the authority contained in Article 128 of <br />Chapter 153A and Article 20 of Chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes. <br />WHEREAS, an agreement was made and entered into as of the 1St day of November, 1993, by and <br />between the County and the Town, whereby the County performed State mandated fire inspections <br />of facilities within the jurisdiction of the Town, and <br />WHEREAS, the Town has assumed the duties of performing fire inspections of the Level One <br />facilities within the jurisdiction of the Town, and requires assistance and training for Level Two and <br />Level Three fire safety inspections, which is for approximately 89 (eighty nine) facilities, <br />NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual terms and agreements hereinafter set <br />forth, the County and the Town do agree as follows: <br />1. County will carry out, or cause to be carried out, within Town's jurisdiction the minimum <br />schedule of inspections required to be performed by local governments pursuant to Section 107, <br />Volume V of the North Carolina Fire Prevention Code, for Level Two and Level Three subject <br />facilities. The Town's Level One Certified Inspector shall perform inspections for Level One <br />facilities. <br />2. Appropriate officials of the County and Town shall continue to work together to produce a <br />schedule that identifies buildings, structures, and premises which are of priority for inspections <br />within Town's jurisdiction. <br />3. County Fire Marshal will submit within five working days of the end of each month a copy of <br />each fire safety inspection performed within Town's jurisdiction during that month to the Town's <br />Code Enforcement Officer. <br />4. County Finance Office will invoice Town monthly for all inspections performed by the County <br />during the prior month. Town will reimburse County for cost of all inspections performed by <br />County, except as provided below, within ten working days of invoice in accordance with the <br />current fee schedule adopted by the Boazd of County Commissioners. Source of payment and <br />method for billing for inspections under this agreement shall be at Town's discretion and shall, in <br />no way, be or become a responsibility of County. <br />5. County will inspect all public school facilities within County's and Town's jurisdictions and all <br />facilities owned by County or licensed by the Department of Social Services as care facilities within <br />Town's jurisdiction. County shall not invoice Town for such inspections. The County will perform <br />plans review in conjunction with the Orange County Planning Department, until the Town Inspector <br />obtains the minimal certification required for the Level of facilities to be reviewed. A minimum of <br />Level Two certification is required for Level One and Level Two Plans Review; and a Level Three <br />certification is required for Level Three Plans Review. <br />