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1 COUNTY CODE t~oJn iS Pic" 656 ARTICLE IV MINIMUM HOUSING CODE DIVISION 1. GENERALLY Sec. 4-66. Finding and purpose. Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes, Section 160A-441, it is hereby found and declared that there exist in this county dwellings unfit for human habitation and which are inimical and/or detrimental to the public welfare in their present conditions. These conditions include, but are not limited to, dilapidation, defects increasing the hazards of fire, accident or other calamities, lack of ventilation or light, lack of safely maintained sanitary facilities, accumulations of garbage, trash and/or rubbish on the premises, or overgrowth adversely affecting the health, safety and/or well-being of the occupants and others. In accordance with North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 160A, Article 19, Part 6, the purposes of this article are to establish minimum standards of fitness for dwellings and environs for the initial and continued occupancy of all places of abode in the county, to provide for the rehabilitation or demolition of all structures designed or utilized for such purpose but now found to be substandard or unfit under the terms of this article, and to impose requirements upon owners and occupants for maintaining these minimum standards. See. 4-67. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this article. Accessory building shall mean a building or structure the use of which is incidental to that of the main building or structure and which is located on the same lot or on a contiguous lot Alter or alteration means any change or modification in construction or occupancy. Agent moons any person, firth or corporation who is responsible for the management, maintenance, operation, renting, leasing or sale of any property, or who makes application for or seeks a permit on behalf of the owner of any property or who in any other way represents the owner of the property in any particular case. Apartment house is any building, or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied, or which is occupied as the home or residence of three (3) or more families living independently of each other in dwelling traits. Basement shall mean a story with filly (50) percent or more of its cubical content below finish grade. Building means that which is built or constructed, an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner- `fbe term "building" shall be construed as if followed by the words "or part thereof"- Ceiling height shall be the clear vertical distance from the finished floor to the finished ceiling. Common areas shall mean all areas which were conveyed to a homeowners' association in a townhouse development, condominium, cooperatives or planned unit development. Demolish shall mean the demolition and removal of the entire building leaving the property free and clear of any debris, and without holes or pockets which may retain water. Dwelling shall mean any building, mobile home, strocture or portion thereof, which is designed or intended to be used for human habitation, including living, sleeping, cooking, eating, working or any one