<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 10-152. - Exercise of police powers: authority.</div>
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               The county commissioners hereby find and declare that there exist in the county rental
               dwellings which are unfit for human habitation due to dilapidation, defects increasing
               the hazards of fire, accident 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 a public necessity
               exists to exercise the police powers of the county pursuant to G.S. Article 6 of Chapter
               153A, as now or hereafter amended, to repair, close, or demolish such dwellings in
               accordance with the procedure herein provided.
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               (Ord. No. 98-1-6, Â§ 2, 1-20-98)
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