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JMk Ash BOOK 40 PAGE 746 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LEE COUNTY UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED by the County Commissioners of the County of Lee, North Carolina that the Unified Development Ordinance be, and it hereby is, amended as follows: Section 1. Amend the Unified Development Ordnance to include the following amendments as listed by Section, Article, or Table reference: • Section 1.1.2 - Replace 1- sentence with the following, "In accordance with NCGS 160A-383 and 153A-341, the County of Lee (refers collectively to Lee County, City of Sanford, and Town of Broadway) hereby enact this Ordinance to promote the public health, safety and general welfare of its citizens. To that end, these regulations are intended to respond uniformly and consistently to development proposals." • Section 1.1.9 -Add "The Governing Bodies of to the beginning of the 11t sentence. • Section 1.3 - 1st sentence, 2nd paragraph - Rewrite the following phrase "Sanford/Lee County Land Use Plan" as "Sanford/Lee County 2020 Land Use Plan" • Section 1.6.5.1 - Delete 2nd sentence of subsection (b) and rewrite as subsection (c) as follows, "The provisions of this section shall apply only to violations or unmet conditions that occur on the same property for which the permit or other approval is sought." • Section 1.6.6.1 - Rewrite this entire section as follows, "Any violation occurring once within a 12- month period shall be considered a finst offense. An appeal of the Department of Community Development's decision shall be allowed as prescribed under § 1.6.2. A notice shall be sent to the violator indicating that the violation exists and that the violation shall be remedied within 10 days without penalty. The notice shall also indicate that upon the expiration of the 10-day warning period, the violator shall be subject to a civil penalty of $100.00 for each day that the violation remains on the property. Should a violation continue to exist by the thirtieth (30th) day of the original notification, the County of Lee shall seek to recover the penalty together with all costs by filing a civil action in the District Court in the nature of a suit to collect a debt. The collection of a penalty pursuant hereto shall not foreclose funkier proceedings for penalties coming due subsequent to the date of the filing of a prior proceeding. -Ilse provisions of this section may also be enforced through any other appropriate remedies as prescribed in § 1.6.5 of this Section." • Section 1.6.6.2 - Rewrite this entire section as follows, "Any violation that incurred assessed fines reoccurring on the same property by the same violator more than once within a 12-month period shall be considered a repeat offense provided the reoccurrence is a violation of the same Article of this Ordinance. A notice shall be sent to the violator indicating that the violation exists and that the violation shall be remedied within 2 days without penalty. The notice shall also indicate that upon the expiration of the 2-day warning period, A notice of violation shall be issued by the Department of Community Development and shall have an immediate civil penalty of $100.00. For each day the repeat violation remains, the violator shall be subject to a civil penalty of $100.00. Should a violation continue to exist by the thinieth (30th) day of the original notification, the County of Lee shall seek to recover the penalty together with all costs by filing a civil action in the General Court of Justice in the nature of a suit to collect a debt. The collection of a penalty pursuant hereto shall not foreclose funkier proceedings for penalties coming due subsequent to the date of the filing of a prior proceeding. The provisions of this section may also be enforced through any other appropriate remedies as prescribed in § 1.6.5, above." • Article 2 Summary - Amend the 3.1 sentence to unchrde "local planning Boards", add "local" to Boards of Adjustment and acid "Joint" to Planning Commission. • Section 2.1.1 - In the h- sentence, change "Department of Community Development for the County of Lee" to "Sanford/Lee County Community Development".