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RES - 2021 - 073 <br /> RESOLUTION OF AMENDMENT <br /> A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE ORANGE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES <br /> Be it Resolved and Ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County , North Carolina : <br /> WHEREAS , in 2021 the North Carolina Legislature passed and Governor Cooper signed into law <br /> Session Law 2021 - 138 ; and <br /> WHEREAS , Part XI II of Session Law 2021 - 138 prohibits certain local government ordinances from <br /> containing criminal penalties and requires a new adoption process for other local government <br /> ordinances that have criminal ( misdemeanor) penalties ; and <br /> WHEREAS , a number of Orange County ordinances contain misdemeanor penalties that must be <br /> amended or repealed ; and <br /> WHEREAS, it is best practice to re - adopt under the new adoption process those ordinances that <br /> may lawfully contain misdemeanor penalties ; and <br /> WHEREAS , the Board of Commissioners conducted a first reading of the proposed amendments <br /> on December 6 , 2021 and a second reading on December 14 , 2021 . <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED , that the Code of Ordinances , Orange <br /> County , North Carolina , Section 1 J ( a ) , Section 1 - 7 (e ) , Section 4 -51 ( a) , Section 842 ( a ) , Section 8 - <br /> 81 , Section 8 - 100 (a) , and Section 8 - 122 ( a) are hereby amended , which amendments read as <br /> shown in Attachment 1 . <br /> AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED AND ORDAINED , that Section 4 -42 ( h ) (4) , Section 4 - 133 ( b ) ( 1 ) , <br /> Section 4 - 184 ( b ) ( 1 ) , Section 1442 , Section 14 - 83 , Section 14 - 129 ( a ) ( 5 ) , Section 14 -261 , Section <br /> 16 - 37 ( b ) , Section 16 - 57 ( c) , Section 18 - 119 , Section 24 - 10 ) , Section 24 - 3 ( h ) , Section 244 (e ) , <br /> Section 34 - 1 ( c) ( 1 ) , Section 34 -47 ( a ) , Section 34 - 77 ( 3 ) , Section 36 - 34 , and Section 36 - 67 ( a ) of the <br /> Code of Ordinances are re- adopted as currently adopted and as shown on Attachment 1 . <br /> This Amendment is effective upon adoption . <br /> Adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this 14t" day of December , 2021 . <br /> By : Attest : <br /> Renee Price , Chair Laura Jens , Cle o the Board <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> [ S <br /> '04,tif ,��ra <br />