Rose Hill, NC Property Maintenance: Vacant Lot Maintenance (2026)
Key Facts
- Weed/grass limit
- 24 inches on vacant lots
- Also nuisances
- Rubbish, junk, burned-out or 6-month-stalled structures
- Construction sites
- Porta-john and 6-yard dumpster required on site
- Abatement window
- 15 days after Board order
- Unpaid cost
- Becomes a lien on the property
Summary
Rose Hill declares a vacant lot a public nuisance the moment weeds or grass pass 24 inches, or rubbish, trash or junk piles up enough to risk fire, standing water or vermin, under § 91.04(B), triggering the same notice-and-abatement process as other Chapter 91 nuisances.
(B) Public nuisances. The existence of any of the following conditions on any vacant lot or other parcel of land within the corporate limits of the town is hereby declared to be dangerous and prejudicial to the public health or safety and to constitute a public nuisance: (1) The uncontrolled growth of noxious weeds or grass to a height in excess of 24 inches causing or threatening to cause a hazard detrimental to the public health or safety; (2) Any accumulation of rubbish, trash or junk causing or threatening to cause a fire hazard, or causing or threatening to cause the accumulation of stagnant water, or causing or threatening to cause the inhabitation therein of rats, mice, snakes or vermin of any kind which is or may be dangerous or prejudicial to the public health;
Full Breakdown
04(B) lists specific conditions that make a vacant lot or other parcel a declared public nuisance in Rose Hill. ' The same subsection also reaches offensive accumulations of animal or vegetable matter, open storage of abandoned iceboxes, refrigerators, stoves and similar junk, any burned-out structure, and any incomplete structure on which no work has occurred for six months, plus a catch-all letting the Town Administrator or another official declare any other condition a nuisance. 04(A): every contractor must keep a porta-john and at least a six-cubic-yard dumpster on the parking pad throughout construction and clear trash from the site at least once a week.
98 governs the process: written notice to the owner, a Board of Commissioners hearing 10 to 30 days out, and a 15-day abatement order if the Board confirms the violation, after which the town can clear the lot itself and bill the actual cost, becoming a lien on the property if unpaid within 30 days.
Violations & Fines
A vacant lot cited under § 91.04(B) follows the § 91.98 process: written notice, a Board hearing, and 15 days to abate once the Board confirms a nuisance. An owner who misses that window faces town-performed cleanup billed at actual cost, a lien on the property if unpaid within 30 days, plus the general § 10.99 penalty of up to $50 or 30 days in jail.
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