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NORTH CAROLINA <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />5 <br />RESOLUTION <br />WHEREAS, the Sheriff of Orange County has brought to the <br />attention of the Board of Commissioners the fact that he has <br />received numerous complaints during the 1990 -91 hunting season <br />coming from property owners and citizens about the incidence of <br />unlawful night deer hunting and the great inconvenience to citizens <br />caused by persons shining lights searching for deer; and <br />WHEREAS, members of the Board of County Commissioners have <br />also received such calls; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners advertised and <br />conducted a public hearing on this issue at its regular March 4, <br />1991 Commissioners meeting held in Hillsborough, North Carolina; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, these same complaints and concerns were expressed by <br />citizens attending the public hearing; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY OF <br />ORANGE, PURSUANT TO NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTES 9113- 291.1(e2), <br />ADOPTS THIS RESOLUTION requesting the North Carolina Wildlife <br />Resources Commission to include Orange County among those counties <br />which have the extended period during which the intentional <br />sweeping of deer areas with lights is prohibited and that the rule <br />prevailing in Orange County be changed to prohibit intentional <br />sweeping of deer areas with lights or the intentional shining of <br />lights on deer during the period from one -half hour after sunset <br />until one -half hour before sunrise. <br />1 <br />