AN ORDINANCE DIRECTING THAT THE BUILDING INSPECTOR PROCEED TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSE OF CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 2 OF THE CHAPEL HILL CODE OF ORDINANCES AS THEY APPLY TO THE DILAPIDATED HOUSE AT 215 NUNN LANE, PIN 9788 17 5273 INCLUDING HAVING THE STRUCTURE DEMOLISHED AND A LIEN FOR THE COST OF DEMOLITION PLACED ON THE PROPERTY (2007-09-10/O-4)
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL as follows:
Section 1. Findings.
A. The Council finds, based on the report of the Senior Code Enforcement Officer dated September 10, 2007, that the Chapel Hill Inspections Department has taken the procedural steps required by Chapter 9 of the Town of Chapel Hill Code of Ordinances with respect to the residential structure at 215 Nunn Lane, Chapel Hill (PIN 9788 17 5273) prior to adoption this Ordinance.
B. The Council finds that the owner of this dwelling has been given a reasonable opportunity to bring the property into conformity with the Housing Code of the Town of Chapel Hill and has failed to do so.
C. The Council finds that the Inspections Department conducted a hearing on March 19, 2007 and September 6, 2007 for the purposes of determining whether the property at 215 Nunn Lane is unfit for human habitation, dilapidated, and a threat to public health and safety.
D. The Council finds that the Inspections Department, as a result of that hearing, determined that the property is dilapidated and in violation of the Town of Chapel Hill Housing Code.
E. The Council finds that the owner has failed to comply with the Order issued by the Inspections Department on March 21, 2007, to have the structure demolished and removed and that the time period established to comply with that order or appeal that Order has expired.
Section 2. Order.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, pursuant to Section 9-25 (b) of the Chapel Hill Code of Ordinances, that the Chapel Hill Building Inspector shall have the remains of the dilapidated residential structure at 215 Nunn Lane demolished and a lien placed on the property for the cost of the demolition.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Ordinance be recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Orange County indexed in the name of the property owner in the Grantor index.