<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 12-1. - Authority.</div>
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               This chapter is adopted under the authority and provision of G.S. Ch. 153A-121, Article
               6, which stipulates that a county may, by ordinance, define, regulate, prohibit, or
               abate acts, omissions, or conditions detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare
               of its citizens and the peace and dignity of the county; and may define and abate
               nuisances.
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               This chapter shall be known as the Fire Prevention and Protection Code of Jackson
               County, North Carolina, and may be cited as such and referred to herein as "the code."
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               (Ord. No. 04-02, Â§ 101, 3-16-2009)
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