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RESOLUTION OF AMENDMENT
A RESOLUTION AMENDING CHAPTER 20 OF THE ORANGE COUNTY CODE
OF ORDINANCES
Be it Resolved and Ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County , North Carolina :
WHEREAS , in 2019 the North Carolina Legislature passed and Governor Cooper signed into law
Chapter 160D of the North Carolina General Statutes ; and
WHEREAS , Chapter 160D combined the enabling land use legislation impacting cities and counties
into a single statute ; and
WHEREAS , Chapter 160D includes updates for local minimum housing ordinances such as the
Minimum Housing Standards Ordinance first adopted in Orange County in 1984 ; and
WHEREAS , the Board of Commissioners of Orange County believes all renters in Orange County
have a right to reside in rental dwellings that meet reasonable habitable standards and are free
from unreasonable health and safety risks .
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED , that the Code of Ordinances , Orange
County , North Carolina , Chapter 20 , Article II is hereby amended which amendments read as
shown in the attached revised ordinance to effect Minimum Housing Standards in Orange County .
This Amendment is effective upon adoption .
Adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this 1 st day of June , 2021 .
By : Attes .
Renee Price , Chair Laura Jens n Clerk to the Board
Orange County Board of Commissioners
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