HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2016-046 Resolution approving Amendment to the Orange County Code of Ordinances Regarding Massage Regulation RES-2016-046
RESOLUTION OF AMENDMENT
A RESOLUTION AMENDING CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE II OF THE ORANGE
COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES
Be it Resolved by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County,North Carolina:
WHEREAS,Orange County,through ordinance,has since 1985 regulated the provision of massage services
throughout the unincorporated areas of Orange County and has collected a fee therefor; and
WHEREAS,in 1998 the North Carolina legislature enacted statewide regulations governing the licensing of
massage practitioners;and
WHEREAS,in 2015 the North Carolina legislature repealed the authority of counties to levy privilege license
taxes and fees; and
WHEREAS, although the massage license fee was called a privilege tax or privilege fee the authority for
imposition and collection of the massage license fee is derived from the county's regulatory authority rather
than its now repealed privilege tax authority; and
WHEREAS, regardless of its title the county fee caused confusion to multiple massage therapists and
business owners in that many of those who paid the fee were not conducting business in areas covered by the
ordinance;and
WHEREAS,the Orange County Board of Commissioners,believing it to be in the best interest of the citizens
and residents of Orange County to clarify the ordinance to eliminate confusion caused to residents hereby
determines that the operation of massage businesses should be conducted in Orange County only according
to those certain regulations and requirements found in Chapter 8,Article II of the Orange County Code of
Ordinances as amended.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED, that the Code of Ordinances, Orange County,
North Carolina, Chapter 8, is hereby amended by amending sections 8-32---8-44, which sections read as
shown in the attached revised ordinance to regulate the licensing and operations of massage businesses in
Orange County.
This Amendment shall become effective upon adoption.
Adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this / day of 2016.
By: Attest:
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Chair a aker, Clerk to the Board
Orange County Board of Commissioners
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