Combined Code

CD38:6

Supp. No. 9

operation, except for Town employees conducting Town business thereon,

emergency personnel and law enforcement personnel on official business,

and persons attending or participating in events sanctioned by the Town.

(4)

It shall be unlawful for any person to enter any portion or area of a park

that has been posted as closed or off limits by the Town due to weather

conditions, maintenance, repair, flooding, potential hazards or any other

factors as determined by the Town.

(5)

No person, organization or team shall call, hold or organize use of a park

space or facility for more than 20 people for any meeting, concert,

practice, game, entertainment, or other gathering whether private or open

to the public without first obtaining the proper Town facility rental

authorizations and applicable permits.

(o)

Enforcement

(1)

Duly sworn law enforcement officers with jurisdiction within the Town of

Morrisville shall have the duty and responsibility to enforce this

Ordinance.

(2)

All Town employees shall have the responsibility to inform a person in

violation of the ordinance that their actions are in violation or to contact a

duly sworn law enforcement officer to report the violation, if necessary.

(3)

Violation of this ordinance shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor and

subject the violator to a fine of fifty dollars ($50). In addition, violation of

this ordinance shall subject the offender to a civil penalty in the amount of

fifty dollar ($50). Each violation constitutes a separate offense.

(Ord. 2014-026/4.22.2014)

Sec. 38.50 Use of Tobacco Products

(a) Authority.

This ordinance is enacted pursuant to NCGS 130A-498 and 160A-174(a).

(b) Definitions

The following definitions are applicable to this ordinance.

(1) "Town building" – A building owned, leased as lessor, or the area leased as lessee and

occupied by the Town.

(2) “Grounds” – An unenclosed area owned, leased, managed or occupied by the Town of

Morrisville.

(3) “Parks System” – any tract of land or body of water comprising part of the Town’s

parks, playgrounds, natural areas, recreation areas, trails and greenways, and streams

or other bodies of water.

(4) “Universal ‘No Smoking and Use of Tobacco Products Prohibited’ Symbol” –

Symbol consisting of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette and a tobacco

product enclosed in a red circle with a red bar across it.

(5) “Smoking" – The use or possession of a lighted cigarette, lighted cigar, lighted pipe,

or any other lighted tobacco product.