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Property Maintenance in Gaston County, NC (2026)

1 rule for unincorporated Gaston County, North Carolina.

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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Gaston County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Property Blight

Gaston County can declare a vacant, blighted nonresidential building 'especially dangerous to life' under Sec. 4-109(c) whenever the code enforcement official finds any one of a list of unsafe conditions, then order repair or demolition through the process in Sec. 4-110.

Gaston County Substandard Building Abatement

Significant Restrictions

Gaston County Code of Ordinances § 4-109(c)

A building or structure shall be found to be especially dangerous to life and held unsafe by the inspector if the inspector finds that any one (1) of the following conditions exists in such building or structure:(1)Interior walls or vertical studs which seriously lists, lean or buckle to an extent as to render the building unsafe.(2)Supporting member or members which show thirty-three (33) perc...

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