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Attachment 1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT <br />Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br />nnn~P of ~' <br />Current Planning ~~`C, ~~- P 306E Revere Road <br />(919) 245-2575 ., " ° ' ~= P O Box 8181 <br />(919) 644-3002 (FAX) ,~" Hillsborough, <br />www.co.orange.nc.us °~~n e.~>~~°' North Carolina, 27278 <br />MEMORANDUM: <br />TO: Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Iolm M. Link .Ir., County Manager <br />FROM: Michael D. Hazvey, AICP <br />Planner II -Zoning Code Enforcement Officer <br />CC: Craig Benedict, AICP - Director of Planning and Inspections <br />Robert P. Davis, AICP -Current Planning Supervisor <br />Rod Visser, Assistant County Manager <br />Geoff Gledhill, County Attorney <br />Sean Borhanian, Associate County Attorney <br />DATE: August 3, 2005 <br />RE: SUNIMAI2Y -Status Report on Zoning Enforcement in Orange County <br />A zoning violation is generally an activity or situation that is specifically prohibited or <br />inconsistent with the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance. It is the ,job of the Zoning <br />Enforcement Officer to determine if a complaint concerning a supposed zoning violation is <br />valid and warrants enforcement action. <br />COMMON COMPLAINTS: <br />The most common zoning enforcement complaints are ranked as follows: <br />1. Illegal Storage of,junlced or Wrecked Motor Velvcles, <br />2. Illegal Storage of Goods, Outdoors, <br />3. Illegal Dumping and Landf Ming, <br />4. Illegal Location of Signs (including political signs), <br />5. Abandoned Mobile Homes, <br />6. Illegal Use of Property, and <br />7, Encroachment, <br />