<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 10-68. - Conflicts of interest.</div>
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               Staff members, agents, or contractors responsible for building inspections shall comply
               with G.S. 160D-109(c). No member of an inspection department shall be financially
               interested or employed by a business that is financially interested in the furnishing
               of labor, material, or appliances for the construction, alteration, or maintenance
               of any building within the local government's planning and development regulation
               jurisdiction or any part or system thereof, or in the making of plans or specifications
               therefor, unless he is the owner of the building. No member of an inspection department
               or other individual or an employee of a company contracting with a local government
               to conduct building inspections shall engage in any work that is inconsistent with
               his or her duties or with the interest of the local government, as determined by the
               local government. The local government must find a conflict of interest if any of
               the following is the case:
               
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                  (1)
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                  If the individual, company, or employee of a company contracting to perform building
                  inspections for the local government has worked for the owner, developer, contractor,
                  or project manager of the project to be inspected within the last two years.
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                  (2)
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                  If the individual, company, or employee of a company contracting to perform building
                  inspections for the local government is closely related to the owner, developer, contractor,
                  or project manager of the project to be inspected.
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                  (3)
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                  If the individual, company, or employee of a company contracting to perform building
                  inspections for the local government has a financial or business interest in the project
                  to be inspected.
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               The provisions of this section do not apply to a firefighter whose primary duties
               are fire suppression and rescue but who engages in some fire inspection activities
               as a secondary responsibility of the firefighter's employment as a firefighter, except
               no firefighter may inspect any work actually done, or materials or appliances supplied,
               by the firefighter or the firefighter's business within the preceding six years.
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               (Ord. No. 19828, Â§ 2-3, 5-21-91; Ord. No. 20371, Â§ 2-3, 1-18-94;
               <a class="ordinance-link" href="" data-product-id="12776" data-ordinance-id="1118554">
                  Ord. No. 21-05-06
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               , Â§ 1(Exh. A), 5-4-21)
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