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 Orange County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

  § 1-7. General penalty.  

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  • (a)

    Any person violating or failing, refusing or neglecting to comply with any provision or requirement of any section or subsection of this Code, or any ordinance of this county now in force or hereafter enacted, to which no specific penalty is affixed, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500.00, or shall be imprisoned for not more than 30 days, for each offense.

    (b)

    Any ordinance in this Code may be enforced by an appropriate legal remedy issuing from a court of competent jurisdiction. It shall not be a defense to the application of the county for equitable relief that there is an adequate remedy at law.

    (c)

    Each day that any breach or violation of or any failure to comply with any provision or requirement of any section or subsection of this Code or any ordinance of this county now in force or hereafter enacted continues, or is allowed to continue, shall constitute a separate and distinct offense; but nothing contained in this section or this Code shall be construed to relieve, or shall have the effect of relieving, any offender of any fine, imprisonment or penalty for repeated violations on any one day of any ordinance now in force or hereafter enacted, or any section or subsection of this Code.

    (d)

    The imposition of a penalty under the provisions of this Code shall not prevent the revocation or suspension of any license, franchise or permit issued or granted under this Code.

    (e)

    If any violation of this Code is designated as a nuisance under the provisions of this Code, such nuisance may be summarily abated by the county in addition to the imposition of a fine or imprisonment.

    (f)

    Any provision of this Code or other ordinance of the county may be enforced by any one or more of the remedies authorized by G.S. 153A-123.

State law reference

Violations of county ordinances deemed misdemeanors, G.S. 14-4, 153A-123; prescribing alternate methods for enforcement of ordinances and authorizing the making of each day's continuing violation a separate offense, injunction, G.S. 1-485 et seq.