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12 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE: Article 1. Finding; Purpose. Pursuant to G.S. 153A-121, 153A-350 et seq. (Article 18, Part 4 entitled Building Inspection), and 160A-441 et seq. (Article 19, Part 6 entitled Minimum Housing Standards), it is hereby declared that there exists in the County dwellings which are unfit for human habitation due to dilapidation, defects increasing the hazards of fire, accidents or other calamities, lack of ventilation, light or sanitary facilities, or due to other conditions rendering the dwellings unsafe or unsanitary, or dangerous or detrimental to the health, safety, morals, or otherwise inimical to the welfare of the residents of the County, and that these conditions are more likely to be found in renter-occupied housing. In order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the County; it is the purpose of this ordinance to establish minimum housing standards for the initial and continued occupancy of all renter-occupied dwellings. This ordinance presently applies only to renter-occupied dwellings in order to conserve the enforcement resources of the County and to provide for greater efficiency in the operation of the inspection scheme hereinafter created. Article 2. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this ordinance: 2.1 Deteriorated shall mean that a dwelling can be repaired, altered, or improved to comply with all of the minimum standards established by this ordinance at la cost not in excess of fifty (50) percent of its fair market value, as determined by finding of the Inspector. 2.2 Dilapidated shall mean that a dwelling cannot be repaired, altered or improved to 'comply with all of the minimum standards established by this ordinance except at a cost in excess of fifty (50) percent of its fair market value, as determined by finding of the Inspector. 2.3 Dwelling shall mean any building, structure, or part thereof which is wholly or partly used or intended to be used for living, sleeping or habitation by human occupants, and includes any outhouses and appurtenances belonging thereto or usually enjoyed therewith. Temporary housing, as hereinafter defined, shall not be regarded as a dwelling. The term shall include within its meaning the terms rooming house and rooming unit, as hereinafter defined. 2.4 Dwelling Unit shall mean any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating. 2.5 Enclosed Room shall mean a floor space in a dwelling or dwelling unit which by the use of fixed partitioning walls and doors is wholly separated from any other floor space. 2.6 Extermination shall mean the control and elimination of insects, rodents or other pests by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food; by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, or trapping; or by any -1-