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nn 594 0 0 u C uri ,,:.v C~ COUNTY CODE 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 Sec. 4-67. Definitions. I lie following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this article. 4ccessorv hmildho, shall mean a building or stricture the use of which is incidental to that of the main building or structure and xehieh is located on the same lot or on a contiguous lot. Alter or alteration means any change or modification in construction or occupancy. Agent means any person, firm or corporation who is responsible for the management, maintenance, operation- renting, leasing or sale of any properly, or who makes application for or seeks a permit on behalf of the owner of any properly or who in any other way represents the owner of the property in any particular case. Aparnncnt house is any building, or potmiot 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 or more families living independently of each other in dlvclling units. Basement shall mean a stor7' kith fifty (50) percent or more of its cubical content below finish grade. Building means that ~ehich is built or constructed; an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed ofpartsjoined together in some definite manner. The term "building'- shall be construed as if followed by the words "or part thereof-. Ceiling height shall be the clear venical distance from the finished floor to the finished ceiling. Common areas shall mean all areas which were conveved to a homeowners- association in a townhouse devclupmeni. condominium, cooperatives or planned unit development. Demolish shall mean the demolition and removal of the entire building leavlm_' the property free and clear of-any debris and without holes or pockets which may rctai❑ water Dwellin, shall mean am building, mobile home, structure m portion thereof- ~rhich is designed or intended to be used for human habitaion, includin living. sleeping. cooking- catinil,. Ncorking or am one L:mvdocAsr`,administratiyclllcs\orciinm~ccAmhordin.umce-Iceco-ulxlated 9/1/03