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ORANGE COUNTY I 1 <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date September 3 1985 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE VIOLATION POLICY Item cry <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes X No <br /> Attachmentisl Information Contact: SUSAN SMITH <br /> B-15-85 LETTER FROM COUNTY ATTORNEY <br /> 8-22-00 LETTER FROM COUNTY ATTORNEY <br /> ZONING ORDINANCE VIOLATION POLICY <br /> ARTICLE 23 VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES, REMEDIES <br /> Telephone Numbers <br /> HiLLsborough — 732-8181 <br /> Durham -- 889-7331 <br /> Mebane — 227-2031 <br /> Chapel HiLL — 968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider the Zoning Ordinance Violation Policy currently in <br /> effect . <br /> NEED: On August 20, 1985 the Board directed that the Zoning Ordinance <br /> Violation Policy be brought before the Board for review. <br /> IMPACT: Article 23 VIOLATIONS PENLTIES AND REMEDIES of the Orange <br /> County Zoning Ordinance provides that <br /> "whenever . . . the performance of any act is prohibited or <br /> whenever any regulation , dimension or Limitation is imposed an <br /> the use of any Land, or on the erection or alteration or the <br /> use or change of use of a structure, or the uses within such <br /> structure, a failure to compL.y with such provisions of this <br /> ordinance shaLL constitute a separate vicLation and a separate <br /> offense." <br /> The Ordinance further provides for remedies exercised by the <br /> Zoning Officer to addresss the violations. <br /> The administrative procedures foLLowed in determining if a <br /> violation has occurred are as Listed in the attached Zoning <br /> Ordinance Violation Policy. The County Attorney has indicated <br /> that the current policy is satisfactory with ono exception . <br /> Reference on page 2 of the policy to a "cease—and—desist" <br /> Letter being sent should be deleted and the sentence reworded <br /> to read as fo L Lows: <br />