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Our Planners, of SCEI, are proficient professionals who strive to provide excellent service in assisting with successful project development and ensures compliance with town ordinances and policies. We are available to provide full time, part time and interim services. Whatever your situation is, if you need assistance in this area, we are here to help.

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The new Chapter 160D of the North Carolina General Statutes consolidates current city- and county-enabling statutes for development regulations (now in Chapters 153A and 160A) into a single, unified chapter. Chapter 160D places these statutes into a more logical, coherent organization.

Current Code constantly collects new and updated data as adopted by the General Assembly and enacted and enforced by municipalities.  

                  MINIMUM HOUSING 

Minimum Housing works to protect the health, safety and welfare of residents by ensuring that all properties are maintained in a safe and habitable condition, and are in compliance with the minimum standards of fitness established by your Minimum Housing Ordinance.

• SCEI Enforcement has created a system that allows our (certified housing code officials) agents to follow, insuring that a step is never omitted during the process of demolition.
• Every step is taken to ensure the municipality is covered and protected against law suites that may come from family members or others down the road.
• Since 2013 SCEI has preformed over 300 demolitions or repairs within the municipalities we serve in North Carolina
• Less than 10 percent of these repairs or demolitions were paid for by the town or city. This number represents the way we work with property owners during the demolition process.
• SECI has great demolition contractors that work hand in hand with our agents to complete the demolitions in a professional and timely manor.

Illegal/Poor Placement: Bandit signs are all about location, size and type according the ordinance of the town or city. The biggest mistake advertisers make is installing signs on private and public property, which requires prior permission from property owners and local authorities.

The term public nuisance covers a wide variety of minor to major violations that threaten the health, safety, comfort, convenience, or welfare of a community.  A  public  nuisance  is  a  violation that affect others in a number of ways.  It  is  an  act  or  omission  that  obstructs,  damages,  or  inconveniences  the  rights  of  the community and in most cases affects the surrounding property values. SCEI enforces your Ordinances in a professional, efficient and effective manor. Our new, improved state of the art software allows us to prepare our Notice of Violation Letters on site so a notice can be hand delivered or posted on the property at the time of our initial inspection. This alone has shortened the time a violation exist. It also shortened the time that is needed per violation. By being more efficient and effective it has saved many hours of time which in turn saves the municipalities money. 

Zoning is the way the government controls the physical development of land & the kinds of use to each individual property may be put. Zoning laws typically specify the area in which residential, industrial, recreational or commercial activities may take place.

With the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, the local government unit:

• realizes the local government vision for its land resources
• allocates available land resources for different sectors of the population
• communicates the plans of the local government unit

Principles and approaches important to the formulation of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan are:

1. the watershed approach,
2. inclusive and expansive governance,
3. the co-management principle,
4. gender responsiveness and sensitivity,
5. bottom-up approach, and
6. top-to-bottom approach.