<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 1-7. - General penalty.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               Any person violating or failing, refusing or neglecting to comply with any provision
               or requirement of any section or subsection of this Code, or any ordinance of this
               county now in force or hereafter enacted, that is specifically designated as a misdemeanor
               and to which no specific criminal penalty is affixed, shall be punished in accordance
               with G.S. 14-4 and shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $500.00 for each offense.
               
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               (b)
               
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               Any ordinance in this Code may be enforced by an appropriate legal remedy issuing
               from a court of competent jurisdiction. It shall not be a defense to the application
               of the county for equitable relief that there is an adequate remedy at law.
               
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               (c)
               
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               Each day that any breach or violation of or any failure to comply with any provision
               or requirement of any section or subsection of this Code or any ordinance of this
               county now in force or hereafter enacted continues, or is allowed to continue, shall
               constitute a separate and distinct offense; but nothing contained in this section
               or this Code shall be construed to relieve, or shall have the effect of relieving,
               any offender of any fine, imprisonment or penalty for repeated violations on any one
               day of any ordinance now in force or hereafter enacted, or any section or subsection
               of this Code.
               
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               (d)
               
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               The imposition of a penalty under the provisions of this Code shall not prevent the
               revocation or suspension of any license, franchise or permit issued or granted under
               this Code.
               
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               (e)
               
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               If any violation of this Code is designated as a nuisance under the provisions of
               this Code, such nuisance may be summarily abated by the county in addition to the
               imposition of a fine or imprisonment.
               
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               (f)
               
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               Any provision of this Code or other ordinance of the county may be enforced by any
               one or more of the remedies authorized by G.S. 153A-123.
               
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               (g)
               
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               Any person violating or failing, refusing or neglecting to comply with any provision
               or requirement of any section or subsection of this Code, or any ordinance of this
               county now in force or hereafter enacted, to which no specific civil penalty is affixed,
               shall also be subject to a civil penalty of $100.00 for each violation. If the offender
               fails to pay this penalty within ten days after being cited for a violation. the penalty
               may be recovered by the county in a civil action in the nature of debt.
               
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            <p class="historynote0">
               (Ord. No. 1998-03, 2-16-98;
               <a class="ordinance-link" href="" data-product-id="12658" data-ordinance-id="1170755">
                  Ord. No. 2021-32
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               , Â§ 1, 12-20-21)
               
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            <p class="refstatelaw0" block_type="hang"><b>State Law referenceâ€” </b>
               Violations of county ordinances deemed misdemeanors, G.S. 14-4, 153A-123; prescribing
               alternate methods for enforcement of ordinances and authorizing the making of each
               day's continuing violation a separate offense; injunction, G.S. 1-485 et seq.
               
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