The North Wilkesboro commissioners on Dec. 8 approved a new nonresidential building ordinance, despite opposition from four local businessmen.
The ordinance applies to buildings and other structures in the townâs central business and general business districts and establishes minimum standards of maintenance, sanitation and safety.
If those minimum standards are not met, the ordinance gives the town the authority to call for a repair, closing or demolition of the non-compliant buildings or structures.
Downtown property owner Pat Crosby said during a public hearing on the new ordinance that the town already had sufficient ordinances in place that addressed these standards, making another one unnecessary.