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ORDINANCE AS ADOPTED BY THE BOCC 16 <br />VII -E -1.3 Responsibility <br />The Planning Director shall enforce this Ordinance and the remedies authorized under <br />this Article. The Planning Director shall have the authority to settle any violations that <br />involve the payment of money to the governing body. <br />VIII-E -1.4 Planning Director <br />For the purposes of this Article "Planning Director" shall mean the Director of the Orange <br />County, NC Planning and Inspections Department and /or a sworn staff member acting in <br />the capacity of the Planning Director. <br />VII -E -2 Enforcement Procedures <br />VII -E -2.1 Inspections and Investigations: <br />On receiving complaints or other information suggesting a violation of this Ordinance, the <br />Planning Director shall investigate the situation and determine whether a violation exists. <br />VII -E -2.2 Initial Notice of Violation: <br />On determining that a violation exists, the Planning Director shall, whenever possible, <br />make contact with the violator either in person or via telephone to discuss the violation. <br />The Planning Director shall then give the responsible person(s) written notice of the <br />violation by certified or registered mail,. return receipt requested. When service is made <br />by certified mail, a copy of the notice may also be sent by regular mail. Service shall be <br />deemed sufficient if the notice by certified mail is unclaimed or refused, but the notice by <br />regular mail is not returned by the post office within ten (10) days after mailing. <br />The notice shall describe the nature of the violation and its location, state the actions <br />necessary to correct the violation, and invite the alleged violator to meet with the <br />Planning Director to discuss the violation and how it may be corrected. The Planning <br />Director may provide the alleged violator additional notices of violation. <br />VII -E -2.3 Final Notice of Violation; Correction Order: <br />The Planning Director's final written notice of violation (which may be the initial notice) <br />shall also order correction of the violation, specify a reasonable time period in which the <br />violation must be corrected, state the remedies and penalties authorized in Article VII -E -3 <br />the Planning Director may pursue if the violation is not corrected within the specified time <br />limit. The final written notice of violation shall be served upon the responsible person(s), <br />either in person, or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. When service <br />is made by certified mail, a copy of the notice may also be sent by regular mail. Service <br />shall be deemed sufficient if the notice by certified mail is unclaimed or refused, but the <br />notice by regular mail is not returned by the post office within ten (10) days after mailing, <br />provided that a final notice of violation is posted in a conspicuous place on the premises <br />affected. <br />VII -E -2.4 . Extension of Time Limit to Correct Violation: <br />The recipient of an initial notice of violation, correction order, or stop work order, or the <br />owner of the property on which the violation occurs, may, within thirty -(30) days of the <br />receipt or posting of the initial notice of violation or correction order whichever is earlier, <br />submit, to the Board of County Commissioners, RaMiAg DiFe a written request, to be <br />