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Resolution - 2012 -015 Ordinance - 2012 -003 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />RESOLUTION OF AMENDMENT <br />A RESOLUTION AMENDING CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE V SECTIONS 18 -151 <br />THROUGH 18 -155 OF THE ORANGE 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 prohibited the carrying of weapons, concealed <br />or non - concealed, on Orange County -owned property; and <br />WHEREAS, in 2011 the General Assembly of North Carolina expanded the ability of concealed <br />carry permittees to carry concealed weapons statewide with few exceptions; and <br />WHEREAS, the General Assembly simultaneously authorized local governments to restrict and <br />prohibit the carrying of concealed weapons on certain local government -owned property; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, believing it to be in the best interest of <br />the citizens and residents of Orange County, have determined that weapons whether concealed or <br />non - concealed should not be carried on certain Orange County -owned property; <br />NOW THEREFORE, the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby amends Chapter 18, <br />Article V, Sections 18 -151 through 18 -155 of the Orange County Code of Ordinances to prohibit the <br />carrying of concealed weapons in Orange County -owned buildings and in, at, or on Orange County <br />Recreational Facilities. <br />This Amendment shall become effective upon adoption. <br />Adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this 5th day of June, 2012. <br />LON <br />Bernadette Pelissier, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Attest: <br />Donna Baker, <br />