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RES-2016-015 Attachment 2 5 <br /> RESOLUTION OF AMENDMENT <br /> A RESOLUTION AMENDING CHAPTER 24 OF THE ORANGE COUNTY CODE <br /> OF ORDINANCES <br /> Be it Resolved and Ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, North <br /> Carolina: <br /> WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina authorizes counties to regulate the discharge of firearms <br /> through North Carolina General Statute 153A-129; and <br /> WHEREAS, the discharge of firearms is an inherently dangerous activity that can threaten the <br /> health, life, safety, and welfare of individuals in the vicinity of such discharge; and <br /> WHEREAS, in order to protect the health, life, safety, and welfare of individuals engaged in the <br /> discharge of firearms and that of individuals located in and around areas in which firearms are <br /> discharged it is appropriate to establish regulations for the safe discharge of firearms; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, believing it to be in the best interest of <br /> the citizens and residents of Orange County, hereby determines that Chapter 24 of the Orange <br /> County Code of Ordinances should be amended to regulate the discharge of firearms. <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED, that the Code of Ordinances, Orange <br /> County, North Carolina, Chapter 24, is hereby amended by adding a section to be numbered 24-3, <br /> which section reads as shown in the attached revised ordinance to regulate the discharge of <br /> firearms in Orange County. <br /> This Amendment shall become effective upon adoption. <br /> Adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this day of , 2016. <br /> By: Attest: <br /> Earl McKee, Chair Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> [SEAL] <br />