<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 62-232. - Penalties for violation.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               <span class="ital">Definition of violation.</span> After the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived, any
               person who, being the owner or agent of any land located within the jurisdiction of
               this chapter, thereafter subdivides his land in violation of this chapter or transfers
               or sells land by reference to, exhibition of, or any other use of a plat showing a
               subdivision of the land before the plat has been properly approved under the terms
               of this chapter and recorded in the office of the county register of deeds, shall
               be guilty of a misdemeanor.
               
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               (b)
               
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               <span class="ital">Penalty for violation.</span> Violators of the chapter shall be subject, upon conviction, to a fine and/or imprisonment
               as provided by G.S. 14-4. Each day that a violation continues shall be considered
               a separate violation and punishment assigned accordingly.
               
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               (c)
               
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               <span class="ital">Exception for contracts.</span> The description by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other document
               used in the process of selling or transferring land shall not exempt the transaction
               from this penalty. However, the provisions of this section shall not prohibit any
               owner or agent from entering into contracts to sell or lease by reference to an approved
               preliminary plat for which a final plat has not yet been properly approved under this
               chapter or recorded with the register of deeds, provided the contract complies with
               G.S. 153A-334, as amended.
               
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               (d)
               
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               <span class="ital">Violation process.</span> The county, through its attorney or other official designated by the county commissioners,
               may take appropriate actions and proceedings at law or in equity to prevent any violation
               of these regulations, to prevent unlawful construction, to recover damages, to restrain,
               correct, or abate a violation and to prevent illegal occupancy of a building, structure,
               or premises.
               
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               (e)
               
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               <span class="ital">Additional recourse for violation.</span> No building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued nor shall water, sewer,
               or other public facilities or services be extended to or connected with any land for
               which approval of a subdivision, under the provisions of this chapter, is required
               unless the regulations of the chapter are met.
               
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               (Ord. of 9-15-1998, app. B, Â§ 1300; Ord. of 1-17-2006)
               
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