<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 70-36. - Penalties for violation.</div>
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               (a)
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               Pursuant to G.S. 153A-334, after the effective date of the ordinance from which this
               chapter is derived, any person who being the owner or agent of the owner of any land
               located within the territorial jurisdiction of this chapter, thereafter subdivided
               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. 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. The county, through its attorney or other official designated by the
               board of commissioners, may enjoin illegal subdivision, transfer, or sale of land
               by action for injunction.
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               (b)
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               The violation of any provision of this chapter shall subject the offender to a civil
               penalty in the amount of $50.00 to be recovered by the county. Violators shall be
               issued a written citation which must be paid within ten days.
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               (c)
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               Each day's continuing violation of this chapter shall be a separate and distinct offense.
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               (d)
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               Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, this chapter may be enforced by appropriate
               equitable remedies issuing from a court of competent jurisdiction.
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               (e)
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               Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the use of remedies available
               to the county. The county may seek to enforce this chapter by using any one, all or
               a combination of remedies.
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               (Ord. of 10-20-2009, Â§ 204; Ord. of 4-6-2021; Ord. of 12-21-2021)
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