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RES-2016-046 <br /> RESOLUTION OF AMENDMENT <br /> A RESOLUTION AMENDING CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE II OF THE ORANGE <br /> COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES <br /> Be it Resolved by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County,North Carolina: <br /> WHEREAS,Orange County,through ordinance,has since 1985 regulated the provision of massage services <br /> throughout the unincorporated areas of Orange County and has collected a fee therefor; and <br /> WHEREAS,in 1998 the North Carolina legislature enacted statewide regulations governing the licensing of <br /> massage practitioners;and <br /> WHEREAS,in 2015 the North Carolina legislature repealed the authority of counties to levy privilege license <br /> taxes and fees; and <br /> WHEREAS, although the massage license fee was called a privilege tax or privilege fee the authority for <br /> imposition and collection of the massage license fee is derived from the county's regulatory authority rather <br /> than its now repealed privilege tax authority; and <br /> WHEREAS, regardless of its title the county fee caused confusion to multiple massage therapists and <br /> business owners in that many of those who paid the fee were not conducting business in areas covered by the <br /> ordinance;and <br /> WHEREAS,the Orange County Board of Commissioners,believing it to be in the best interest of the citizens <br /> and residents of Orange County to clarify the ordinance to eliminate confusion caused to residents hereby <br /> determines that the operation of massage businesses should be conducted in Orange County only according <br /> to those certain regulations and requirements found in Chapter 8,Article II of the Orange County Code of <br /> Ordinances as amended. <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED, that the Code of Ordinances, Orange County, <br /> North Carolina, Chapter 8, is hereby amended by amending sections 8-32---8-44, which sections read as <br /> shown in the attached revised ordinance to regulate the licensing and operations of massage businesses in <br /> 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 /> -tI441 <br /> 000 dle4 <br /> Chair a aker, Clerk to the Board <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> 17 <br /> sz <br /> SEAL] <br /> 0 rf¢ datat�a4 <br />