52-1. Purpose and Objectives

  1. Purpose. This Chapter is enacted to protect the health, safety, and general welfare of the people of Henderson County pursuant to powers granted under N.C.G.S. 160D, the Henderson County Code, and subsequent recodifications and/or amendments, and other applicable legislation, as may    be adopted in the future.  

  2. Objectives. The principal objectives of this Chapter are:
    1. To prevent injury and illness to occupants of property and the public and to remove public nuisances.
    2. To provide county-wide standards for the abatement of public nuisances including, but not limited to solid waste, junked motor vehicles and abandoned manufactured homes.
    3. To establish responsibility of involved parties and assure that people are not unnecessarily exposed to dangers of public nuisances.
    4. To ensure proper actions are taken to abate public nuisances.