2013 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns.
Article 8 - Delegation and Exercise of the General Police Power.
Section 160A-200 - Annual notice to chronic violators of overgrown vegetation ordinances.

160A-200. Annual notice to chronic violators of overgrown vegetation ordinances.

(a) A municipality may notify a chronic violator of the municipality's overgrown vegetation ordinance that, if the violator's property is found to be in violation of the ordinance, the municipality shall, without further notice in the calendar year in which notice is given, take action to remedy the violation and the expense of the action shall become a lien upon the property and shall be collected as unpaid taxes. The initial annual notice shall be served by registered or certified mail. A chronic violator is a person who owns property whereupon, in the previous calendar year, the municipality took remedial action at least three times under the overgrown vegetation ordinance.

(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2009-19, s. 1, effective April 30, 2009. (1999-58, s. 2; 2000-33, s. 1; 2000-38, s. 1; 2001-107, s. 1; 2003-77, s. 1; 2003-80, s. 1; 2005-81, s. 1; 2005-202, s. 1; 2007-31, s. 1; 2007-258, s. 1; 2008-6, s. 1; 2008-25, s. 1; 2009-3, s. 1; 2009-19, s. 1; 2009-570, s. 46.)