HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2016-045 Resolution approving Amendment to the Orange County Code of Ordinances – Mobile Food Vending Businesses RES-2016-045
RESOLUTION OF AMENDMENT
A RESOLUTION AMENDING CHAPTER 8 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 authorizes counties to regulate business activities in
counties in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare through North Carolina General
Statute § 153A-121 and §153A-134; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Orange County specifically finds that the operation of
mobile food vending units could put the public at risk if such operations are conducted in
inappropriate locations or under inappropriate circumstances; and
WHEREAS, imposing locational requirements and permit display requirements are legitimate and
reasonable means of accountability to ensure that operators, contractors, and employees of mobile
food vending units do not put the public health, safety, and welfare at risk.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED, that the Code of Ordinances, Orange
County, North Carolina, Chapter 8, is hereby amended by adding sections to be numbered 8-116---
8-124, which sections read as shown in the attached revised ordinance to regulate mobile food
vending businesses in Orange County.
This Amendment shall become effective upon adoption.
Adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this day of QVSL-4, 2016.
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By: Attest:
Earl McKee, Chair Donn Baker, rk to the Board
Orange County Board of Commissioners
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