<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 9-73. - Notice of nuisance.</div>
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               (a)
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               Upon a determination that conditions constituting a public nuisance exist, the county
               manager or county manager's designee shall notify, upon writing, the owner, occupant
               or person in possession of the premises in question of the conditions constituting
               such public nuisance and shall demand the prompt abatement thereof within 30 days
               from the receipt of such written notice. Receipt shall be deemed to occur on the third
               day after the date of the postmark if the notice is deposited in a United States Post
               office.
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               (b)
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               Abatement of a public nuisance shall consist of taking appropriate steps reasonably
               necessary to remove the condition or conditions which result in the declaration of
               a public nuisance. Without limitation the county manager, in demanding the abatement
               of a public nuisance, may require the removal of debris, rubbish, accumulations of
               animal or vegetable matter, growth of weeds and grass, burned or partially burned
               buildings, the isolation of the condition to be abated so that access cannot be gained
               by persons or property which may be injured by the nuisance or such other steps which
               are reasonably necessary to abate the nuisance.
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               (c)
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               Chronic violator. Under the provisions of N.C. Gen. Stat. Â§153A-140.2, the county
               may notify a chronic violator of this article that, if the violator's property is
               found to be in violation of this article, the county shall, without further notice
               in the calendar year in which notice is given, take action to remedy the violation,
               and the expense of the action shall become a lien upon the property and shall be collected
               as unpaid taxes. The notice shall be sent by certified mail. A chronic violator is
               a person who owns property whereupon, in the previous calendar year, the county gave
               notice of violation at least three times under any provision of this article.
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               (Ord. of 8-16-04; Ord. of 9-19-22, pt. III)
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