A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT amending the charter of the town of mint hill to authorize the town to give annual notice to chronic violators of the town's public nuisance ordinance.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Chapter 73 of the 1971 Session Laws, being the Charter of the Town of Mint Hill, as amended by Chapter 179 of the 1973 Session Laws and Chapter 224 of the 1977 Session Laws, is amended by adding the following new Article:
"ARTICLE XI. POLICE POWERS.
"Sec. 11.1. Public Nuisance Ordinance. The Town of Mint Hill may notify a chronic violator of the Town's public nuisance ordinance that, if the violator's property is found to be in violation of the ordinance, the Town 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 Town gave notice of violation at least three times under any provision of the public nuisance ordinance."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.