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Nothing in this subsection affects the validity or enforceability of private covenants or other <br />contractual agreements among property owners relating to building design elements. <br />(c) A zoning or other development regulation shall not do any of the following: <br />(1) Set a minimum square footage of any structures subject to regulation under <br />the North Carolina Residential Code for One- and Two-Family <br />Dwellings.Code. <br />(2) Set a maximum parking space size larger than 9 feet wide by 20 feet long <br />unless the parking space is designated for handicap, parallel, or diagonal <br />parking." <br />SECTION 1.(e) G.S. 160D-804(i) reads as rewritten: <br />"(i) Minimum Square Footage Exemption. – The regulation shall not set a minimum <br />square footage of any structures subject to regulation under the North Carolina Residential Code <br />for One- and Two-Family Dwellings.Code." <br />SECTION 1.(f) G.S. 160D-706(b) reads as rewritten: <br />"(b) When adopting regulations under this Article, a local government may not use a <br />definition of building, dwelling, dwelling unit, bedroom, or sleeping unit that is inconsistent with <br />any definition of those terms in another statute or in a rule adopted by a State agency, including <br />the State Building Code Council or Residential Code Council." <br />SECTION 1.(g) G.S. 160D-915(a)(5) reads as rewritten: <br />"(5) Temporary family health care structure. – A transportable residential structure <br />providing an environment facilitating a caregiver's provision of care for a <br />mentally or physically impaired person that (i) is primarily assembled at a <br />location other than its site of installation, (ii) is limited to one occupant who <br />shall be the mentally or physically impaired person, (iii) has no more than 300 <br />gross square feet, and (iv) complies with applicable provisions of the North <br />Carolina State Building Code and G.S. 143-139.1(b). Placing the temporary <br />family health care structure on a permanent foundation shall not be required <br />or permitted." <br />SECTION 1.(h) G.S. 160D-1001(c) reads as rewritten: <br />"(c) This Article is supplemental to the powers conferred upon local governments and <br />does not preclude or supersede rights and obligations established pursuant to other law regarding <br />development approvals, site-specific vesting plans, or other provisions of law. A development <br />agreement shall not exempt the property owner or developer from compliance with the North <br />Carolina State Building Code or State or local housing codes that are not part of the local <br />government's development regulations. When the governing board approves the rezoning of any <br />property associated with a development agreement executed and recorded pursuant to this <br />Article, the provisions of G.S. 160D-605(a) apply." <br />SECTION 1.(i) G.S. 160D-1103 reads as rewritten: <br />"§ 160D-1103. Qualifications of inspectors. <br />No local government shall employ an inspector to enforce the North Carolina State Building <br />Code who does not have one of the following types of certificates issued by the North Carolina <br />Code Officials Qualification Board attesting to the inspector's qualifications to hold such <br />position: (i) a probationary certificate, (ii) a standard certificate, or (iii) a limited certificate which <br />shall be valid only as an authorization to continue in the position held on the date specified in <br />G.S. 143-151.13(c) and which shall become invalid if the inspector does not successfully <br />complete in-service training specified by the Qualification Board within the period specified in <br />G.S. 143-151.13(c). An inspector holding one of the above certificates can be promoted to a <br />position requiring a higher level certificate only upon issuance by the Board of a standard <br />certificate or probationary certificate appropriate for such new position." <br />SECTION 1.(j) G.S. 160D-1104, as amended by Section 4(b) of this act, reads as <br />rewritten: <br />100