§ 10-25. Owner and occupant responsibility.

(a)

Persons responsible for the premises or device producing or causing the noise disturbance in violation of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable under G.S. 14-4 and as provided by section 1-6(g) and table 2 in section 1-8.

(b)

The person responsible for any premises shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable under G.S. 14-4 and as provided by section 1-6(g) and table 2 in section 1-8 for violations of this article by tenants, guests, or licensees on the premises if the person responsible is actively or constructively present at the time of the violation.

(c)

An owner of any premises subject to this article who (i) is not also an occupant of the premises and responsible under section 1-6(b) for any actions by tenants, guests, or other licensees that constitute second or subsequent violations of this article; and (ii) has been notified by registered or certified mail of first or previous violations of the article within the previous 12-month period, shall be subject to a civil charge under section 1-6(f) in the amount as provided in table 1 in section 1-7 for each such second or subsequent violation, which sum is determined by the town to be reasonably related to the administrative costs of enforcing the this article.

(d)

An owner of the premises not actively or constructively present at the time of the first violation in a 12-month period and who has been notified of the violation by registered mail, return receipt requested, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable under G.S. 14-4 and as provided by section 1-6(g) and table 2 in section 1-8 for each such second or subsequent violation, which sum is determined by the town to be reasonably related to the administrative costs of enforcing the this article.

(e)

This section shall in no way relieve any other person from responsibility for violations of this article.

(Code 1990, § 11-8; Ord. No. 07-004, § 1(att.), 6-13-2007; Ord. No. 2012-001, § 1(25), 3-14-2012)