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4 <br /> RES-2022-038 <br /> RESOLUTION OF AMENDMENT <br /> A RESOLUTION AMENDING CHAPTER 24 OF THE ORANGE COUNTY <br /> CODE OF ORDINANCES <br /> Be it Resolved and Ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, North <br /> Carolina: <br /> WHEREAS, recent events in Orange County have made clear that schools and school <br /> properties are not appropriate locations for picketing, demonstrations, protests, and similar <br /> activities; and <br /> WHEREAS, for the maintenance and enhancement of student safety; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, believing it to be in the best <br /> interest of the citizens and residents of Orange County, hereby determines that Chapter 24 <br /> of the Orange County Code of Ordinances should be amended to prohibit picketing, <br /> demonstrations, protests, and similar activities on, or within 1000 feet of, school property <br /> and playgrounds. <br /> NOW THEREFORE, the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby amends Chapter <br /> 24 of the Orange County Code of Ordinances by adding a new Section 24-5, which reads <br /> as shown in the attached ordinance. <br /> This Amendment to Chapter 24 is effective upon adoption. <br /> Ordained and adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this 21 st day of <br /> June, 2022. <br /> By: Attest: <br /> Renee Price, Chair Laura Jensen, Clerk to the Board <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> [SEAL] <br />