High Point, NC Code Violation Reporting: Common Violations (2026)

Section 12-3-1 declares a public nuisance to exist wherever any of fifteen listed conditions appear on land inside the corporate limits or within one mile of them. The list covers weeds, grass or other vegetation over 12 inches tall (with a carve-out for certified vegetative buffers, floodplain and stream-buffer land); accumulations of rubbish, mattresses, boxes or combustible junk that threaten fire or stagnant-water mosquito breeding; open storage of jagged metal or glass furniture and appliances; firewood or building material stacked less than six inches off the ground; abandoned water wells; fallen or dead trees exceeding two cubic yards outside wooded lots; unsecured vacant buildings tied to vagrancy, drug use or trespassing; fire- or storm-damaged structures left unrepaired 30 days with exposed hazards; demolition debris left after work stops; derelict swimming pools; and illicit stormwater discharges or connections.

Under § 12-3-2, the director of planning and development, or the director of public services for stormwater violations under subsections (12) and (13), may enter property at reasonable hours to inspect. Section 12-3-3 requires a written notice to abate within 10 days, served under § 12-3-4 by personal delivery, certified mail, or posting if the owner cannot be found; the city can skip notice and abate immediately if a condition poses imminent danger. S. 160A-193. If an owner still fails to abate, § 12-3-6 lets public services remove the condition and bill the cost, plus a notice and collection fee, as a lien on the property and on any other city-limits real estate the owner holds beyond a primary residence. § 160A-175.