HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2016-078 Resolution Amending Chapter 24 of the OC Code of Ordinances - Discharge of Firearms RES-2016-078
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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 authorizes counties to regulate the discharge of firearms
through North Carolina General Statute 153A-129; and
WHEREAS, the discharge of firearms is an inherently dangerous activity that can threaten the
health, life, safety, and welfare of individuals in the vicinity of such discharge; and
WHEREAS, in order to protect the health, life, safety, and welfare of individuals engaged in the
discharge of firearms and that of individuals located in and around areas in which firearms are
discharged it is appropriate to establish regulations for the safe discharge of firearms; 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 discharge of firearms.
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 24-3,
which section reads as shown in the attached revised ordinance to regulate the discharge of
• firearms in Orange County.
This Amendment shall become effective upon adoption.
Adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this Jx— day of ,L., 2016.
By: Attest:
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Chair Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board
Orange County Boar of Commissioners
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