ORD-2011-042 Chapter 6 Building Regulations Article II, Numbering of Houses and Buildings and Road Naming

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(b} Adoption of Ordinance. Prior to adopting an ordinance to establish a procedure to assign or reassign street numbers on the road, the Board of County Commissioners shall provide notice and hold a public hearing in accordance with G.S. 153A-239.1(a). (c) Notice. After naming or renaming a public or private road, or assigning or reassigning street numbers on a public or private road, the Address Administrator shall provide notice to be given to the local postmaster with jurisdiction over the road, to the North Carolina Board of Transportation and any city within five miles of the road. Ord. of 4-21-1987, § 6, eff. 4-21-1987; Amend. of 12-13-2011, eff. 12-13-2011 Sec.6-37 PENALTY (a) Structures Requiring a Certificate of Occupancy. The certificate of occupancy for any structure erected, repaired or modified after the effective date of this Ordinance shall be withheld by the Orange County Building and Inspections Department until the address is posted correctly on the structure as outlined in this Ordinance. (b} Existing Structures. If an addressable structure is not in compliance with this Ordinance, the Administrator shall provide a written notice of violation to an owner or occupant, of legal age, that the building is not in compliance with this Ordinance specifying that within sixty (60) days the addressable structure must be brought into compliance. (1) If the owner or occupant of an addressable structure fails to bring the addressable structure into compliance within sixty (60) days of receiving written notice of violation the owner or occupant shall be in violation of this Ordinance. (2) Means of notice deemed sufficient and proper include but are not limited to registered or certified mail sent to the last known address of an owner or occupant as ascertained from the County's tax listing, posting on the front door of the building, or hand delivery to an occupant of legal age found at the addressable structure. (3) Written notice of violation and citations pursuant to this section shall be deemed delivered and properly served upon: depositing said notice and/or citation into a receptacle of the United States Postal Service; posting on the front door of the addressable structure; or hand delivery to an occupant of legal age found at the addressable structure. (c) Penalties. If an owner or occupant does not bring an addressable structure into compliance with this Ordinance after proper notice and sixty days (60) has elapsed, the County Attorney may enforce this article by any one or more of the remedies authorized by G.S. 153A-123, save and except no criminal penalties shall accrue to any owner or occupant as a result of a violation of this Ordinance. The violation of any provision of this Ordinance shall subject the owner or occupant to a civil penalty in the amount of $50 10