HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2016-014 Resolution Amending Chapter 24 of the Orange County Code of Ordinances – Large Scale Display of Pyrotechnics Ordinance P/qF 3-) -,rtb, 0
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RESOLUTION OF AMENDMENT
A RESOLUTION AMENDING CHAPTER 24 OF THE ORANGE COUNTY CODE
OF ORDINANCES
Be it Resolved and Ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, North
Carolina:
WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina restricts the authority of counties to prohibit pyrotechnics
displays but authorizes counties to regulate the display of pyrotechnics through a permitting
process pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 14-413; and
WHEREAS, the display of pyrotechnics is an inherently dangerous activity that can threaten the
health, life, safety, and welfare of individuals in the vicinity of such display, and
WHEREAS, in order to protect the health, life, safety, and welfare of individuals engaged in the
display of pyrotechnics and that of individuals located in and around areas in which pyrotechnics
are displayed it is appropriate to establish regulations for the safe display of pyrotechnics and
notice thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, believing it to be in the best interest of
the citizens and residents of Orange County, hereby determines that Chapter 24 of the Orange
County Code of Ordinances should be amended to regulate the display of pyrotechnics.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED, that the Code of Ordinances, Orange
County, North Carolina, Chapter 24, is hereby amended by adding a section to be numbered 24-4,
which section reads as shown in the attached revised ordinance to regulate the display of
pyrotechnics in Orange County.
This Amendment shall become effective upon adoption.
Adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this day of March, 2016.
By: Attest:
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Earl McKee, Chair Do Baker,b4irk to the Board
Orange County Board of Commissioners
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