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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 05-05-1997 - 8d 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agend Item No. ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 5, 1997 SUBJECT: Facilities Use Ordinance Modification DEPARTMENT: PURCHASING AND PUBLIC HEARING: No CENTRAL SERVICES Budget Amendment Reqd? No ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: PAM JONES, ext . 2650 Ordinance N.C. Gen. Stat . § 14-409 .40 Telephone Number- Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 967-9251 Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 PURPOSE: To consider modifying the County' s facilities use ordinance to prohibit weapons of all kinds on County property. BACKGROUND: The Board was asked to consider an item earlier on this agenda which modified the Personnel Ordinance to address issues associated with Workplace Violence Prevention. In order to further prevent workplace violence, the Ordinance Which Regulates the Use and Operation of Facilities Owned or Operated By Orange County is presented for modification to reflect the expanded definition of weapons . Heretofore, the facilities ordinance has banned only concealed handguns . Weapons proposed to be prohibited on County property include the following: • a Firearm; • Firearm ammunition; • an explosive, corrosive, inflammable or radioactive substance or any weapon of mass death and destruction (except a small container of tear gas, pepper spray or mace used or intended to be used for personal defense) ; • a knife (other than a pocket knife with a blade not exceeding four inches long which provides for its point and cutting edge to be enclosed by its handle and which may not be opened by any throwing, explosive or spring action. ) Exceptions to the above listed items include: • a prohibited item when in the possession of a military or civil officer or employee of the United States, the State or the County when in discharge of their official duties and acting under orders requiring them to carry a weapon furnished or approved by a government official . 2 • a knife when in the possession of an employee of a contractor/ business working for Orange County and carried by an employee of the contractor/business while working on County property when in the discharge of official duties in fulfillment of a contract with the County and acting under orders requiring the carrying of a knife. • a firearm containing no ammunition stored in a motor vehicle when the motor vehicle is on County property. RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the ordinance be amended as presented. . 3 NORTH CAROLINA ORANGE COUNTY RESOLUTION AMENDING AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE AND OPERATION OF FACILITIES OWNED OR OPERATED BY ORANGE COUNTY WHEREAS, Orange County is concerned about Workplace Violence Prevention and ensuring, to the extent permitted by law, that Orange County facilities are safe for the public of Orange County using them and for the employees of Orange County government; and WHEREAS, Orange County has amended its Personnel Ordinance by adding a new section relating to Workplace Violence Prevention. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that an Ordinance Regulating the Use and Operation of Facilities Owned or Operated by Orange County is amended to include the new or deleted language that is contained within the amended ordinance that follows . Upon motion of Commissioner , seconded by Commissioner , the foregoing resolution was adopted this the 5th day of May, 1997 . I, Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on May 5, 1997 as relates in any way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded in Minute Book No. of the minutes of said Board. WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this day of , 1997 . lsg-9\facuse.res Clerk to the Board of Commissioners AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE AND OPERATION OF FACILITIES OWNED OR OPERATED BY ORANGE COUNTY ARTICLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 1. 1 Long Title An ordinance regulating the use and operation of facilities owned or operated by the County of Orange, North Carolina. Section 1.2 Short Title This Ordinance may be referred to as the "Orange County Facilities Use Ordinance" . Section 1.3 Authority This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the general authority contained in Article 8, Part 2 of Chapter 153A of the North Carolina General Statutes. Authorization for certain sections of this Ordinance is as enumerated below. Section 1.4 Intent and Purpose This Ordinance is enacted in order to effect the responsibilities enumerated in Article 8, Part 2 of Chapter 153A of the North Carolina General Statutes, as well as to ensure the efficient and safe execution of the County's business and the comfortable enjoyment of the County's facilities by its citizens. Section 1.5 Severability Should any provision of this Ordinance be found to be unconstitutional by a court of law, such provision shall be severed from the remainder of the Ordinance, and such severance shall not effect the enforceability of the remaining provisions of the Ordinance. Section 1. 6 Construction (a) This Ordinance shall be liberally construed according to the fair import of its terms with full and careful consideration given to its regulatory function. (b) Words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine and words importing the feminine shall include the masculine. Section 1.7 ARplicability This Ordinance may apply to any land, property or facility adjoining, adjacent, or connected to any facility or property of Orange County which otherwise would not be covered because of any right of way, easement or other interest in land belonging to any municipality if the municipality by resolution permits it. Section 1.8 Conflict with Other Laws Whenever the provisions of this Ordinance conflict with the provisions of any other ordinance, regulation or resolution of the County, this Ordinance shall govern. ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS Unless otherwise defined, as used in this Ordinance: "Abandoned motor vehicle" is one that: ( 1) Is left on County property in violation of Article V of this Ordinance; or (2) Is left for longer than 24 hours on County property. "Animal" includes any live, vertebrate creature specifically including, but not limited to dogs, cats, farm animals, birds, fish and reptiles . "Board" means the Orange County Board of Commissioners . "Charitable Organization" means an organization that has a humane, philanthropic or benevolent purpose, including environmental, health, educational, humane, patriotic, scientific, artistic, social welfare, and civic, whose activities benefit humanity or a significant rather than limited segment of the community without expectation of pecuniary profit or reward and is exempt from taxation under either G.S. 5105-130. 11(a) (3) or G.S. 5105-130. 11(a) (5) or Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code as amended. "County" shall mean Orange County, North Carolina. "County Manager" shall mean the Orange County Manager or any of his or her designees. 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'v >Nn...C h?1 .:n M•�{•'. r :a:-06:90:41�.i>: iry55wvv.:iK:•hvr:'}`.•3?••}'•�rnF' :S:Yri}.:iht?�?::y.:; :iv,"+%•:'^:+ ..f: } , .;via i r{.,...M,r:%;.. f;x:?:+'•}'+iY,'.Ary`}2{?Y}Yi:�:•???::{?{phh::F,.::yY:{t:+ { ,: x �• :cam??� > ., ,.M..Yf iai•••n x7ari,•N.tv..t;?:X:t:+:{`,::;•n=�+a.�'x>.,?C�.;::;si.•:,.'.:�'x:�x??'{'<a:??�;>rr�if9:'•:'•:'•:,•..'•;C F'',.}i�.2,.,�kx:.L..ta?k•?:a:Y.?::?•i.'•:>. .."•n?Yiv:. v.}•.rf.•..u:+v'•4iiai:Yr•.'•} .. +' /0 ARTICLE III SOLICITATION Section 3 . 1 Prohibition Except as otherwise provided herein, solicitation is prohibited at all County facilities. Section 3 .2 Permitted Solicitation Any charitable organization wishing to solicit at facilities owned or operated by the County may apply for a solicitation permit with the County Manager's office. Any solicitation permit issued by the County Manager shall limit the solicitation activities as follows: (a) the solicitation activities of the charitable organization may only occur during normal business hours; (b) the solicitation activities of the charitable organization are to be conducted in a manner so as not to interfere with the ordinary operations of the government; and (c) solicitation from office to office and workplace to workplace is prohibited. A solicitation permit shall be issued for any charitable organization that applies unless the County Manager finds any of the following: 1) That the organization seeking permission to solicit contributions is not in fact a charitable organization as defined in this Ordinance; 2) That the individual requesting permission to solicit contributions and or performing the solicitation, lacks proper credentials identifying him or her as a representative of the 1 ( charitable organization and that this relationship cannot be otherwise verified; or 3) The charitable organization applying is not licensed pursuant to Chapter 131F of the General Statutes of North Carolina and is one which is required to be. Section 3. 3 Notice and Violation The County Manager shall cause to be placed at or near each and every County facility appropriate signs giving notice of the prohibition contained in Section 3. 1. ARTICLE IV SKATEBOARDING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES Section 4. 1 Prohibition Except as otherwise provided herein, skateboarding and related activities on County property is prohibited. Section 4.2 Permitted Use Skateboarding and related activities shall be permitted on County property only at times when the facility is not otherwise in use and only if the County Manager, in consultation with the Departments operating in the facility, determines that skateboarding and related activities will not interfere with normal government functioning. Section 4.3 Notice and Violation The County Manager shall cause to be placed at or near each and every County facility, notice of the prohibition contained in Section 4 . 1. At County facilities where skateboarding or related activities are permitted, as provided in Section 4.2, the County 1� Manager shall cause to be posted at or near the facility, notice of the time and location of the permitted use. ARTICLE V PARKING Section 5. 1 Parking RegMlations Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes SS 153A-82 and 153A-170, the County Manager is authorized to enforce rules and regulations restricting parking at County facilities. Section 5.2 Removal of Abandoned Motor Vehicles: Creation of Lien The County Manager shall cause to be towed to a storage garage or area any abandoned motor vehicle as provided herein. A lien in favor of the County is hereby created in any abandoned motor vehicle for the towing fees established pursuant to this Ordinance. Section 5.3 Notification of Removal (a) Whenever a motor vehicle with a valid registration plate or registration is towed as provided in Section 5.2 of this Ordinance, the County Manager's office shall immediately notify the last known registered owner of the vehicle of the following: (1) A description of the vehicle; (2) The place where the vehicle is stored; (3) The violation with which the owner is charged, if any; (4) The procedure the owner must follow to have the vehicle returned to him or her; and 13 (5) The procedure the owner must follow to request a probable cause hearing on the towing. If the vehicle has a North Carolina registration plate or registration, notice shall be given to the owner within 24 hours; if the vehicle is not registered in North Carolina, notice shall be given to the owner within 72 hours. If feasible, this notice shall be given by telephone, but in any event notice shall be mailed to the owner's last known address unless the owner or the owner's agent waives this notice in writing. (b) Whenever a motor vehicle with neither a valid registration plate nor registration is towed, pursuant to Section 5. 1 of this Ordinance, the County Manager's office shall make reasonable efforts, including checking the vehicle identification number, to determine the last known registered owner of the vehicle and to notify him or her of the information listed in subsection (a) . Prior to removing any unregistered motor vehicle the County Manager shall cause to be posted notice that the vehicle will be towed on the windshield or some other conspicuous place at least seven days before the towing occurs; except that this notice is not required if the vehicle impedes the flow of traffic or otherwise jeopardizes the public welfare so that immediate towing is necessary. Section 5.4 Probable Cause Hearing The owner or any other person entitled to claim possession of a vehicle towed pursuant to Section 5.2 of this Ordinance, may request in writing a hearing to determine if probable cause existed for the towing. The request shall be filed with the Orange County Magistrates office. The magistrate shall set the hearing within 72 hours of receiving the request. The owner, the person who requested the hearing if someone other than the owner, the tower, and the County Manager shall be notified of the time and place of the hearing. Any interested party may present evidence at the hearing. The County Manager and the tower may submit an affidavit in lieu of appearing personally. If the magistrate finds that probable cause did exist, the County's lien continues . If the magistrate finds that probable cause did not exist, the County's lien is extinguished. An aggrieved party may appeal the magistrates determination to Orange County District Court. Section 5.5 Towing Fees Their shall be established and maintained a schedule of towing and storage fees. These fees may be adopted by resolution of the Board and may be reviewed and revised from time to time. Section 5. 6 Release of Vehicle Any vehicle towed pursuant to this Article may be released to the owner or any other person entitled to claim possession of the vehicle at any time after towing either by the posting of a bond to secure the fees due in cases where the probable cause for the removal is challenged or by the payment of the fees due by the owner or person claiming possession. Section 5.7 Sale of Vehicle to Recoup Costs If a vehicle towed and stored under this Article is not � phi claimed by the owner or any other person entitled to claim possession of the vehicle within 30 days of the towing, the County Manager shall cause the vehicle to be sold as provided under N.C. Gen. Stat. 544A-4. The proceeds of the sale shall be used to pay any towing fees. Section 5.8 Liability No person may be held to answer in a civil or criminal action to any owner or other person legally entitled to possession of an abandoned motor vehicle for disposing of the vehicle as provided in this section. Section 5.9 Infraction Any person who violates the provisions of this Article shall be responsible for an infraction, as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. 514-4, and shall be required to pay a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) . ARTICLE VI CONCEALED HANDGUN Yr Rr NOW Section 6. 1 Prohibition The carrying or possession of a concealed handgun:';" on County property or in a County facility is prohibited. The County Manager shall cause to be posted a conspicuous notice at all County facilities and on County property indicating that the carrying and possession of a concealed handgun; -, <.>::•»;:•;r•;.::x•>:.:rx :w:: ;y6"•'rx. •r i:;::,;r :�:�!�!.• ,;.;: Fq•,•••:u,. "" ::: is prohibited. : .,. V • : •>•r:•::: ..•T ;Sa:Y�.'Y:•`.:;t:;•9;cr::kv<r , ••,.: . •. .. :S• :. 's'�.''f•+.•'.'»i«ff;::Yr'"•" .. :. ..,.. rb Section 6 .2 Exceptions The prohibition contained in Section 6 . 1 of this Ordinance shall not apply to: (a) officers and enlisted personnel of the armed forces of the United States when in discharge of their official duties as such and acting under J.- orders requiring them to carry concealed &-wm-s and- Weepefte 5 (b) Civil officers of the United States. while in the discharge of their official duties ----------------------------- - ------------------ WAINVA- MOWNIM M .... .. .... •------------------------------ (c) officers and soldiers of the militia and the national guard when called into actual service --- ---- ---- ----- -- --- --- ------- ------------------------------...... --- ------- -------- ------ ------- --------------- INIVI ....... ........ ...... (d) Officers of the State, or any county, city, or town, charged with the execution of laws of the State, when acting in -in the discharge of their official duties 200000nMrArM MINOR ...... -- ------ ------------ ----------------------------- and ------------- (e) Any person delivering the weap to a County law enforcement agency. *Xw .................. .......... ARTICLE VII ANIMALS Section 7. 1 Prohibition Animals are not permitted in any building or portion of a building which is part of a County Facility or located on County Property. Section 7 .2 Exception The prohibition contained in Section 7 .1 shall not apply to any assistance dog especially trained for the purpose of providing assistance to a mobility impaired person, visually impaired person or hearing impaired person so long as the dog has been registered as such pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes 5168-4.3, nor shall it apply to animals in County buildings as part of any County sponsored activity or event. This Ordinance shall be effective November 2, 1995 . Upon the motion of Commissioner Crowther, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis, the foregoing Ordinance Regulating the Use and Operation of Facilities Owned or Operated by Orange County was adopted this the 1st day of November, 1995. z.M. .. ............. ®RION SO ------------------ ............ ..............- .... . .... ft ............. '.w- 0.g.