Orange County NC Website
ORDINANCE AS ADOPTED BY THE BOCC 8 <br />Text and Section Numbers /Headings = Proposed Language <br />Strikethre -+- R- Stdket = Existing Language Deleted during process <br />An Ordinance Amending the Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations of <br />Orange County <br />Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Orange, North Carolina, that the Zoning <br />Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations are hereby amended as follows: <br />Section 1. (pages 23 -1 through 23 -2) Amend Article 23 (Violations Penalties and Remedies) of the <br />Orange County, NC Zoning Ordinance to read as follows: <br />ARTICLE 23. ENFORCEMENT V" ^1 nTIGNS, PENALTIES n��n <br />REMEDIES <br />23.1 Purpose and Intent <br />This Article provides for the methods of notification and penalties involved in enforcement <br />of this Ordinance. Whenever possible, it is desirable to gain voluntary compliance with <br />the provisions of this Ordinance without the necessity of pursuing formal enforcement <br />measures. <br />23.1.1 Violations; Violators <br />23.1.2 Violation <br />It is unlawful and a violation of this Ordinance to establish, create, expand, occupy, or <br />maintain any use, land development activity, or structure, including, but not limited to, <br />signs and buildings, that violates or is inconsistent with any provision of this Ordinance or <br />any order, approval, or authorization issued pursuant to this Ordinance. Approvals and <br />authorizations include, but are not limited to, Special Use Permits, Sign Permits, Building <br />Permits, Certificates of Zoning Compliance, Certificates of Occupancy, Variances, <br />development plans, site plans, landscaping plans, and conditions of such permits, <br />variances, and plans. It is also a violation to engage in any construction, land <br />development activity, or use without all approvals and authorizations required by this <br />Ordinance: <br />23.1.3 Violators <br />Violators include, but are not limited to, any person(s) who owns, leases, occupies, <br />manages, or builds any structure or land development activity in violation of this <br />Ordinance, and any person (s) who owns, leases, or occupies a use in violation of this <br />Ordinance. A violation may be charged against more than one violator. For the purpose <br />of Article 23 of the QFaR99 GeuRty, NG Zoning this Ordinance, the term "person" is <br />defined to include but not be limited to any individual, group of individuals, or any <br />corporation, partnership, association, company, or business, trust, joint venture, or other <br />legal entity. <br />In addition, one or more of the following persons may be held responsible for a violation <br />of this Ordinance, and be subject to the remedies and penalties provided in this Article: <br />1) An owner of the property on which the violation of this Ordinance occurs, any, <br />tenant or occupant of that property who has control over, or responsibility for, its <br />