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10 <br />so I would keep the restrictions tied to that context rather than replace the Sunday time and <br />distance restrictions with distance restrictions only. She reiterated that the hunting restrictions are <br />on Sundays only, between 9:30 am and 12 Noon, and in proximity to a residence or house of <br />worship. <br />However, she added, I also would be in favor of distance restrictions such as in the Lenoir <br />County ordinance, to avoid noise impacts on residential neighbors.She proposed adding <br />“residence” to the list of places from which a discharge of a firearm is prohibited within 500 feet <br />under the Lenoir County ordinance: school, church, daycare, playground, park, recreation area, <br />or other type of public gathering place. Commissioner Jacobs echoed Mr. Hunnell’s preference <br />for the term “house of worship” to replace “church.” <br />In reply to questions from Mr. Tesoro, Chief Deputy Sykes said that time restrictions are <br />enforceable. However, he said, when we get the call at 2:00 am about sustained shooting then it <br />is not likely we are going to find anyone when we show up and try to locate the shooter. If we <br />get a call at 12:59 pm on a Sunday afternoon where an ordinance prohibits shooting between 6 <br />am and 1pm, then we’ll respond and deal with the situation intelligently without being so precise <br />about whose watch says exactly what time, he said. <br />Mr. Hunnell posited the situations of asurgeon or airline pilot who have non-traditional work <br />schedules. They might need to sleep in on Tuesday mornings instead of Sundays. I have a <br />neighbor who works for IBM and does installations at work in the middle of the night. This is <br />not North Carolina 1929, it is 2016. Our communities are more dynamic and diverse. Distances <br />from residences or schools, etc. provides for the peaceful home life we’re all trying to get to, for <br />everyone. Mr. Tilley asked if the distance would be for all week long. Mr. Hunnell said that it <br />would. Mr. Tilley asked if 500 yards were a realistic enough distance from one’s neighbors to <br />allow most people to shoot on their own property. If that is important, said Mr. Hunnell, then we <br />would need to come up with a shorter distance, say, 250 yards. <br />Mr. Tesoro said that he had seen somewhere a provision for a minimum lot size requirement, <br />maybe 10,000 square feet, or maybe it is distance from the point of discharge to a property line, <br />below which a shooter would need to get permission from their neighbors to shoot. Ms. Conti <br />said that that provision isin the Harnett County ordinance. <br />In reply to a question from Commissioner Jacobs, Mr. Roberts said that Orange County prohibits <br />hunting within 150 yards of any local, state or federal government structure. Commissioner <br />Jacobs suggested that the group look at that as an existing standard for Orange County which <br />might be extended to non-hunting shooting and other types of land uses (residences, etc.).