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NC Gen Stat § 160D-1126 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation|Article 11 - Building Code Enforcement.|§ 160D-1126 - Records and reports.

 160D-1126. Records and reports.The inspection department shall keep complete and accurate records in convenient form of all applications received, permits issued, inspections and reinspections made, defects found, certificates of compliance or occupancy granted, and all other work and activities of the department. These records shall be kept in the manner and for the periods prescribed by the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Periodic reports shall be submitted to the governing board and to the Commissioner of Insurance as they shall by ordinance, rule, or regulation require.  (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d).)
NC Gen Stat § 160D-1127 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation|Article 11 - Building Code Enforcement.|§ 160D-1127 - Appeals.

 160D-1127. Appeals.Unless otherwise provided by law, appeals from any order, decision, or determination by a member of a local inspection department pertaining to the State Building Code or other State building laws shall be taken to the Commissioner of Insurance or the Commissioner's designee or other official specified in G.S. 143-139 by filing a written notice with the Commissioner and with the inspection department within a period of 10 days after the order, decision, or determination. Further appeals may be taken to the State Building Code Council or to the courts as provided by law.  (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d).)
NC Gen Stat § 160D-1128 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation|Article 11 - Building Code Enforcement.|§ 160D-1128 - Fire limits.

 160D-1128. Fire limits.(a) County Fire Limits. - A county may by ordinance establish and define fire limits in any area within the county and not within a city. The limits may include only business and industrial areas. Within any fire limits, no frame or wooden building or addition thereto may be erected, altered, repaired, or moved, either into the fire limits or from one place to another within the limits, except upon the permit of the inspection department and approval of the Commissioner of Insurance. The governing board may make additional regulations necessary for the prevention, extinguishment, or mitigation of fires within the fire limits.(b) Municipal Fire Limits. - The governing board of every incorporated city shall pass one or more ordinances establishing and defining fire limits, which shall include the principal business portions of the city and which shall be known as primary fire limits. In addition, the governing board may, in its discretion, establish and define one or more separate areas within the city as secondary fire limits.(c) Restrictions Within Municipal Primary Fire Limits. - Within the primary fire limits of any city, as established and defined by ordinance, no frame or wooden building or structure or addition thereto shall hereafter be erected, altered, repaired, or moved, either into the limits or from one place to another within the limits, except upon the permit of the local inspection department approved by the governing board and by the Commissioner of Insurance or the Commissioner's designee. The governing board may make additional regulations for the prevention, extinguishment, or mitigation of fires within the primary fire limits.(d) Restrictions Within Municipal Secondary Fire Limits. - Within any secondary fire limits of any city or town, as established and defined by ordinance, no frame or wooden building or structure or addition thereto shall be erected, altered, repaired, or moved, except in accordance with any rules and regulations established by ordinance of the areas.(e) Failure to Establish Municipal Primary Fire Limits. - If the governing board of any city shall fail or refuse to establish and define the primary fire limits of the city as required by law, after having such failure or refusal called to their attention in writing by the State Commissioner of Insurance, the Commissioner shall have the power to establish the limits upon making a determination that they are necessary and in the public interest.  (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d).)
NC Gen Stat § 160D-1201 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation|Article 12 - Minimum Housing Codes.|§ 160D-1201 - Authorization.

 160D-1201. Authorization.(a) Dwellings. - The existence and occupation of dwellings that are unfit for human habitation are inimical to the welfare and dangerous and injurious to the health and safety of the people of this State. A public necessity exists for the repair, closing, or demolition of such dwellings. Whenever any local government finds that there exists in the planning and development regulation jurisdiction dwellings that are unfit for human habitation due to dilapidation; defects increasing the hazards of fire, accidents or other calamities; lack of ventilation, light, or sanitary facilities; or other conditions rendering the dwellings unsafe or unsanitary, or dangerous or detrimental to the health, safety, morals, or otherwise inimical to the welfare of the residents of the local government, power is conferred upon the local government to exercise its police powers to repair, close, or demolish the dwellings consistent with the provisions of this Article.(b) Abandoned Structures. - Any local government may by ordinance provide for the repair, closing, or demolition of any abandoned structure that the governing board finds to be a health or safety hazard as a result of the attraction of insects or rodents, conditions creating a fire hazard, dangerous conditions constituting a threat to children, or frequent use by vagrants as living quarters in the absence of sanitary facilities. The ordinance may provide for the repair, closing, or demolition of such structure pursuant to the same provisions and procedures as are prescribed by this Article for the repair, closing, or demolition of dwellings found to be unfit for human habitation.  (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, ss. 39, 51(a), (b), (d).)
NC Gen Stat § 160D-1202 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation|Article 12 - Minimum Housing Codes.|§ 160D-1202 - Definitions.

 160D-1202. Definitions.The following definitions apply in this Article:(1) Owner. - The holder of the title in fee simple and every mortgagee of record.(2) Parties in interest. - All individuals, associations, and corporations that have interests of record in a dwelling and any that are in possession of a dwelling.(3) Public authority. - Any housing authority or any officer that is in charge of any department or branch of the government of the city, county, or State relating to health, fire, building regulations, or other activities concerning dwellings in the local government.(4) Public officer. - The officer authorized by ordinances adopted under this Article to exercise the powers prescribed by the ordinances and by this Article.  (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d); 2021-88, s. 1(h).)
NC Gen Stat § 160D-1204 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation|Article 12 - Minimum Housing Codes.|§ 160D-1204 - Heat source required.

 160D-1204. Heat source required.(a) A local government shall, by ordinance, require that every dwelling unit leased as rental property within the city shall have, at a minimum, a central or electric heating system or sufficient chimneys, flues, or gas vents, with heating appliances connected, so as to heat at least one habitable room, excluding the kitchen, to a minimum temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit measured 3 feet above the floor with an outside temperature of 20 degrees Fahrenheit.(b) If a dwelling unit contains a heating system or heating appliances that meet the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, the owner of the dwelling unit shall not be required to install a new heating system or heating appliances, but the owner shall be required to maintain the existing heating system or heating appliances in a good and safe working condition. Otherwise, the owner of the dwelling unit shall install a heating system or heating appliances that meet the requirements of subsection (a) of this section and shall maintain the heating system or heating appliances in a good and safe working condition.(c) Portable kerosene heaters are not acceptable as a permanent source of heat as required by subsection (a) of this section but may be used as a supplementary source in single-family dwellings and duplex units. An owner who has complied with subsection (a) of this section shall not be held in violation of this section where an occupant of a dwelling unit uses a kerosene heater as a primary source of heat.(d) This section applies only to local governments with a population of 200,000 or over within their planning and development regulation jurisdiction, according to the most recent decennial federal census.(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to diminish the rights or remedies available to a tenant under a lease agreement, statute, or at common law or to prohibit a city from adopting an ordinance with more stringent heating requirements than provided for by this section.  (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d).)
NC Gen Stat § 160D-1205 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation|Article 12 - Minimum Housing Codes.|§ 160D-1205 - Standards.

 160D-1205. Standards.An ordinance adopted under this Article shall provide that the public officer may determine that a dwelling is unfit for human habitation if the officer finds that conditions exist in the dwelling that render it dangerous or injurious to the health, safety, or welfare of the occupants of the dwelling, the occupants of neighboring dwellings, or other residents of the jurisdiction. Defective conditions may include the following, without limiting the generality of the foregoing: defects therein increasing the hazards of fire, accident, or other calamities; lack of adequate ventilation, light, or sanitary facilities; dilapidation; disrepair; structural defects; or uncleanliness. The ordinances may provide additional standards to guide the public officers in determining the fitness of a dwelling for human habitation.  (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d).)
NC Gen Stat § 160D-1206 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation|Article 12 - Minimum Housing Codes.|§ 160D-1206 - Service of complaints and orders.

 160D-1206. Service of complaints and orders.(a) Complaints or orders issued by a public officer pursuant to an ordinance adopted under this Article shall be served upon persons either personally or by certified mail. When service is made by certified mail, a copy of the complaint or order may also be sent by regular mail. Service shall be deemed sufficient if the certified mail is unclaimed or refused but the regular mail is not returned by the post office within 10 days after the mailing. If regular mail is used, a notice of the pending proceedings shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises affected.(b) If the identities of any owners or the whereabouts of persons are unknown and cannot be ascertained by the public officer in the exercise of reasonable diligence, or, if the owners are known but have refused to accept service by certified mail, and the public officer makes an affidavit to that effect, then the serving of the complaint or order upon the owners or other persons may be made by publication in a newspaper having general circulation in the jurisdiction at least once no later than the time at which personal service would be required under the provisions of this Article. When service is made by publication, a notice of the pending proceedings shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises thereby affected.  (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d).)
NC Gen Stat § 160D-1209 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation|Article 12 - Minimum Housing Codes.|§ 160D-1209 - Compensation to owners of condemned property.

 160D-1209. Compensation to owners of condemned property.Nothing in this Article shall be construed as preventing the owner or owners of any property from receiving just compensation for the taking of property by the power of eminent domain under the laws of this State nor as permitting any property to be condemned or destroyed except in accordance with the police power of the State.  (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d).)
NC Gen Stat § 160D-1210 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation|Article 12 - Minimum Housing Codes.|§ 160D-1210 - Additional powers of public officer.

 160D-1210. Additional powers of public officer.An ordinance adopted by the governing board may authorize the public officer to exercise any powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purpose and provisions of this Article, including the following powers in addition to others herein granted:(1) To investigate the dwelling conditions in the local government's planning and development regulation jurisdiction in order to determine which dwellings therein are unfit for human habitation.(2) To administer oaths, affirmations, examine witnesses, and receive evidence.(3) To enter upon premises for the purpose of making examinations in a manner that will do the least possible inconvenience to the persons in possession.(4) To appoint and fix the duties of officers, agents, and employees necessary to carry out the purposes of the ordinances.(5) To delegate any of his or her functions and powers under the ordinance to other officers and other agents.  (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d).)
NC Gen Stat § 160D-1211 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation|Article 12 - Minimum Housing Codes.|§ 160D-1211 - Administration of ordinance.

 160D-1211. Administration of ordinance.A local government adopting an ordinance under this Article shall, as soon as possible thereafter, prepare an estimate of the annual expenses or costs to provide the equipment, personnel, and supplies necessary for periodic examinations and investigations of the dwellings for the purpose of determining the fitness of dwellings for human habitation and for the enforcement and administration of its ordinances adopted under this Article. The local government is authorized to make appropriations from its revenues necessary for this purpose and may accept and apply grants or donations to assist it.  (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d).)
NC Gen Stat § 160D-1212 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation|Article 12 - Minimum Housing Codes.|§ 160D-1212 - Supplemental nature of Article.

 160D-1212. Supplemental nature of Article.Nothing in this Article shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers of the courts or of any department of any local government to enforce any provisions of its charter or its ordinances or regulations nor to prevent or punish violations thereof. The powers conferred by this Article shall be supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law in carrying out the provisions of the ordinances.  (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d).)
NC Gen Stat § 160D-1301 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation|Article 13 - Additional Authority.|§ 160D-1301 - Legislative intent.

 160D-1301. Legislative intent.It is the intent of the General Assembly to provide a means whereby any local government may acquire by purchase, gift, grant, devise, lease, or otherwise, and through the expenditure of public funds, the fee or any lesser interest or right in real property in order to preserve, through limitation of their future use, open spaces and areas for public use and enjoyment.  (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d).)
NC Gen Stat § 160D-1302 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation|Article 13 - Additional Authority.|§ 160D-1302 - Finding of necessity.

 160D-1302. Finding of necessity.The General Assembly finds that the rapid growth and spread of urban development in the State is encroaching upon, or eliminating, many open areas and spaces of varied size and character, including many having significant scenic or aesthetic values, which areas and spaces if preserved and maintained in their present open state would constitute important physical, social, aesthetic, or economic assets to existing and impending urban development. The General Assembly declares that it is necessary for sound and proper urban development and in the public interest of the people of this State for any local government to expend or advance public funds for, or to accept by purchase, gift, grant, devise, lease, or otherwise, the fee or any lesser interest or right in real property so as to acquire, maintain, improve, protect, limit the future use of, or otherwise conserve open spaces and areas within their respective jurisdictions as defined by this Article.The General Assembly declares that the acquisition of interests or rights in real property for the preservation of open spaces and areas constitutes a public purpose for which public funds may be expended or advanced.  (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d).)
NC Gen Stat § 160D-1303 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation|Article 13 - Additional Authority.|§ 160D-1303 - Local governments authorized to acquire and reconvey real property.

 160D-1303. Local governments authorized to acquire and reconvey real property.Any local government may acquire by purchase, gift, grant, devise, lease, or otherwise, the fee or any lesser interest, development right, easement, covenant, or other contractual right of or to real property within its respective jurisdiction, when it finds that the acquisition is necessary to achieve the purposes of this Part. Any local government may also acquire the fee to any property for the purpose of conveying or leasing the property back to its original owner or other person under covenants or other contractual arrangements that will limit the future use of the property in accordance with the purposes of this Part, but when this is done, the property may be conveyed back to its original owner but to no other person by private sale.  (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d).)
NC Gen Stat § 160D-1304 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation|Article 13 - Additional Authority.|§ 160D-1304 - Joint action by governing bodies.

 160D-1304. Joint action by governing bodies.A local government may enter into any agreement with any other local government for the purpose of jointly exercising the authority granted by this Part.  (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d).)
NC Gen Stat § 160D-1305 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation|Article 13 - Additional Authority.|§ 160D-1305 - Powers of governing bodies.

 160D-1305. Powers of governing bodies.A local government, in order to exercise the authority granted by this Part, may:(1) Enter into and carry out contracts with the State or federal government or any agencies thereof under which grants or other assistance are made to the local government.(2) Accept any assistance or funds that may be granted by the State or federal government with or without a contract.(3) Agree to and comply with any reasonable conditions imposed upon grants.(4) Make expenditures from any funds so granted.  (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d).)
NC Gen Stat § 160D-1306 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation|Article 13 - Additional Authority.|§ 160D-1306 - Appropriations authorized.

 160D-1306. Appropriations authorized.For the purposes set forth in this Part, a local government may appropriate funds not otherwise limited as to use by law.  (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d).)
NC Gen Stat § 160D-1307 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160D - Local Planning and Development Regulation|Article 13 - Additional Authority.|§ 160D-1307 - Definitions.

 160D-1307. Definitions.As used in this Part, the following definitions apply:(1) Open space or open area. - Any space or area characterized by great natural scenic beauty or where the existing openness, natural condition, or present state of use, if retained, would enhance the present or potential value of abutting or surrounding urban development or would maintain or enhance the conservation of natural or scenic resources. The terms also include interests or rights in real property and open space land or uses.(2) Open space land or open space uses. - Any undeveloped or predominantly undeveloped land in an urban area that has value for or is used for one or more of the following purposes:a. Park and recreational purposes.b. Conservation of land and other natural resources.c. Historic or scenic purposes.  (2019-111, s. 2.4; 2020-3, s. 4.33(a); 2020-25, s. 51(a), (b), (d).)