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OFFENSES AND MISCELL.~NEOUS PRO%qSIONS $ 45.3 Sec. 46-1. Finding of fact; unauthorized pres. ence in county facilities and the surrounding premises prohibited; penalty. (a) Count)' facilities, includingthe county court- house building, have been constructed and such building"~ and the surrounding premises are main- tained for the use of the general public in trans- acting business with the offices, agencies, depart- ments or courts that are housed in the facilities. (b) It is in the best interest of the public that the buildings ,and the surrounding premises not be a gathering place or center for persons who do not have any business or are not present to transa~ tony bushness with any of the offices, agen- cies, departments or courts located in the build- ings. Therefore: (1) No person shall be or remain inside any county facilities, including the courthouse, or on the surrounding premises owned by the county to include the adjacent walk- ways, yards and parking lot, unless he is present for the conduct or transaction of business with any of the offices, agencies, departments or courts located in such facil- ities, is present as a spectator in the public section of any courtroom, or is present as a spectator at any public meeting of the board of commissioners or other county agency or any other public meeting authorized to be held in a county facility, including the court- house. (2) Any person who is not authorized to be in- side any county facility or on the sur- rounding premises as set out in subsection (1) of this section and who remains on such premises after having been instructed by a county employee or law enforcement officer to leave the premises, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be punished in accordance with section 1.7. (c} The use of skates, skateboards, etc., is pro. hibited in or about county facilities and sur- rounding premises unless expressly permitted by formal authority of the board of c0uncy commis. sioners or county manager. (Ord. of 2-9-78, §§ i, 2~ State law reference-Use of county prope~y. G.S. 153A-169 et seq. Sec. 46-2. Use of fireaxms. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to use and discharge any firearm, BB gun, or air com- pression gun of any kind, nature, make, or de- "~ scription within a d/stance of 500 yards of any business or residential district in the county sit- uated outside the corporate limits of any and all -- municipalities in the cminty. Co) A business or residential district within the meaning of this section shall be that territory con- -- tinuous to a street or highway where 75 percent or more of the frontage thereon for a distance of 300 feet or more is mainly occupied by dwellings ~ or by dwellings and buildings in use for business purposes. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed so -- as to prohibit any person from discharging any firearm in protection of his person, family, guests, or property. (d) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be pun- ished in accordance with sectio.n 1-7. (Ord. of 7-3-67, §§ 1-4) Crosa re ferences-Pozsession, transportation and transfer of dangerous weapons during st2te of emergency, § 22.58; fire- a~ms in parks prohibited, § 50-6. Special act~ referonce-Centerfire dries, pt. I, art. VII. State law referencee-Authodty to reffulate, restrict or prohibit the discharge of firearms, G.S. 153A-129; authority to regulate the use of pe].let g~ns, G.S. 153A-130. Sec. 46-3. Operation of vehicles on raceways or drag.strips; penalty. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to op- crate or allow to be operated a motor vehicle on any raceway, racetrack, or drag-strip in the county after the hour of 12:00 midnight, whether or not the vehicle is engaged in speed competition with any other vehicles. It shall further be unlawful for any person to run or allow to be run the motor of any vehicle designed to engage in racing or speed competition after the hour of 12:00 mid- CD46:3