§ 16-121. Violations and enforcement.

(a)

Any person who, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land located within the corporate limits of the town, thereafter transfers or sells such land by reference to a plat showing a subdivision of such land before such plat has been approved by the board and recorded in the office of the county register of deeds, shall be guilty under section 1-6(g) of a misdemeanor for which the person is subject to a penalty under G.S. 14-4(a) as provided in table 2 in section 1-8, and the description by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other document used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the transaction from such penalties. The town, through its attorney or other official designated by the board, may enjoin such transfer or sale by action for injunction.

(b)

The town may enforce the requirements of this article through the civil enforcement provisions available in article IV of this chapter, pertaining to zoning.

(Code 1979, § 9-4091; Code 1990, § 18-8; Ord. No. 2012-001, § 1(30), 3-14-2012)