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Article 9: Enforcement 309 Section 9.4:Administration of Performance Standards (D) Any tenant or occupant of a property who has control over, or responsibility for, the use or development of the property. (E) Any other person who participates in, assists, directs, creates, or maintains a situation that constitutes a violation of this Ordinance. 9.3.2 Charges and Entities (A) A violation may be charged against more than one violator. (B) For the purpose of this Article, the term "person" includes but is not limited to any individual, group of individuals, or any corporation, partnership, association, company, or business, trust,joint venture, or other legal entity. SECTION - • OF • - STANDARDS Determinations necessary for administration and enforcement of performance standards set forth herein range from those which can be made with satisfactory accuracy by a reasonable person using normal senses and no sophisticated equipment to those requiring great technical competence and complete equipment for precise measurement. It is the intent of this Ordinance that: (A) Where determinations can be made by the Planning Director, using equipment normally available or obtainable without extraordinary expense. Such determinations shall be so made before notice of violation is issued. (B) Where technical complexity or extraordinary expense makes it unreasonable for the County to maintain the personnel or equipment necessary for making difficult or unusual determinations, procedures shall be available for causing corrections of apparent violations of performance standards, for protecting individuals from arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable administration and enforcement of performance standard regulations, and for protecting the general public from unnecessary costs for administration and enforcement. SECTION • ' PROCEDURE 9.5.1 Responsibility for Enforcement The Planning Director shall enforce this Ordinance and the remedies authorized herein and shall have the authority to settle any violations that involve the payment of money to the governing body. 9.5.2 Inspections and Investigations (A) A program of inspections and investigations to determine compliance with this Ordinance and orders, plans, permits, certificates, and authorizations issued under this Ordinance, is hereby authorized. (B) Upon receipt of a complaint or other information suggesting a violation of this Ordinance, the Planning Director shall investigate the situation and determine whether a violation exists in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. 9.5.3 Initial Notice of Violation (A) On determining that a violation exists, the Planning Director shall, whenever possible, make contact with the violator either in person or via telephone to discuss the violation and review the necessary steps to correct the violation. (B) The Planning Director shall give the responsible person(s) and the landowner, if the landowner is not the responsible person(s)147, written notice of the violation, either+A PeFG R „r by A—r registered mail FetUFR r ,n+ by personal delivery, electronic delivery, or first class mail.r-eguested. A =�tne rsla�' a e � 147 New requirement in NCGS 160D-404 and conforming language to new requirements. Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 9-2