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City of Charleston Committee on Public Safety 5/8/23
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B
A
B
E
G
B
G
B
B
I
B
H
B
B
E
Thank
you
chairman.
If
we
can
all
bow
our
heads
Lord,
we
thank
you
for
this
beautiful
day
in
this
beautiful
city
and
I,
pray
that
you
will
touch
our
hearts
and
touch
our
minds
so
that
we
can
carry
out
government's
most
sacred
Duty,
which
is
the
safety
of
our
citizens.
We
ask
this
in
your
son's.
Precious
and
holy
name,
amen,
amen,.
B
B
K
That's
mine,
council
member
shade.
This
came
on
behalf
of
Ken
Granada.
This
is
pursuant
to
South
Carolina
code
6960,
which
allows
localities
to
adopt
the
permissive
codes
published
by
the
ICC.
We
are
proposing
to
adopt
the
international
existing
building
code,
as
well
as
the
Pool
and
Spa
swimming
pool
and
spa
code.
B
K
B
F
Yes,
this
is
an
update
to
our
mask
ordinance,
I'm
just
going
to
go
briefly
through
the
the
changes
and
then,
if
anyone
has
any
questions,
we
can
go
more
in
depth.
What
we're
adding
to
the
ordinance
is
a
men's
Raya
element
that
is
we're
putting
in
a
requirement
that
basically
there's
an
intent
to
conceal
your
identity
would
be
a
part
of
the
offense
which
currently
is
not
in
the
ordinance.
F
We
play
changed
the
wording
place
open
to
the
public
rather
than
public
place,
and
that
would
include
stores
and
businesses
rather
than
just
parks
and
strips,
and
that
sort
of
thing
we
added
bandanas,
baklavas
and
other
devices
which
hide
or
cover
a
substantial
portion
of
the
face
so
as
to
conceal
identity.
That's
added
to
currently
we
just
have
mask
in
Disguise
are
the
things
that
are
listed
in
the
ordinance
we've
added
an
exception
for
Mass
use
for
sporting
activities.
F
We've
clarified
the
gas
Mass
language
to
basically
state
that
it
only
applies
to
mass
that
are
prescribed
or
permitted
by
City,
County
state
or
federal
authorities
during
a
declared
state
of
emergency
or
civil
defense
drill
and
then
finally,
we've
added
a
medical
mask
exception
for
bona
fide
medical
reasons.
However,
the
mass
can
only
cover
the
nose
and
mouth
and
no
other
parts
of
a
person's
face.
B
J
So
Mr
chairman,
thank
you.
I
would
like
to
please
just
to
cite
for
for
for
justification.
Have
there
been
an
increase
in
in
folks
wearing
masks
to
conceal
their
identity,
an
increase
in
any
incidents
that
have
occurred
where,
where
that
was
the
case,
and
and
would
just
like
to
have
a
little
background
on
that.
B
F
J
F
J
Understood
now
in
cold
weather,
you
know
people
do
wear
such
things.
You
know
to
stay
warm,
so
you
know
I
I,
don't
think
it's
the
intent.
If
someone
had
a
balaclava
or
a
full
ski
mask,
if
it
were
very
cold
weather
and
they
they
were
wearing
such
a
garment
to
stay
warm,
that's
clearly,
not
our
intent.
So
how
do
you?
How
do
you
deal
with
that
when
you
get
when
the
weather
gets
cold.
B
I
I'll
tell
you
mayor
that
if
you
read
all
of
section
A,
it's
with
the
intent
you
can
see
with
our
identity
and
substantial
portion
of
their
face
is
covered.
So
we
look
down
at
what
was
added,
which
hides
our
Commerce,
a
substantial
Portion
by
the
face
source
to
conceal
the
identity,
so
those
things
sort
of
come
up
above
your
nose
and
I
think
that
that
clarifies
it
a
little
bit.
It
gives
you
the
the
leeway.
B
Those
things
are
pretty
popular
I
think
it
kind
of
popped
up
during
coveted,
but
it
became
more
prevalent.
I
have
a
handful
of
those
when
I
go
out
for
a
jog
in
cold
weather
as
well,
but
I
think
that
covers
it.
I
see
that
councilman,
Shuli
and
Councilman
Mitchell
have
their
hands
up.
I,
wasn't
sure
council,
member
Sheila,
where
you
first
yes.
B
F
D
Does
that
make
it
harder
for
us
to
enforce
to
try
to
prove
that
they
had
intent
to
conceal
their
identity
and
I
mean
and
I
guess
if
we
put
those
in
those
words
are
necessary
in
there,
but
it
was
just
kind
of
a
question
that
I
had,
especially
since
it
says
as
to
conceal
the
identity
of
such
person
later
on
in
the
first
line
where
it
says,
with
the
intent
to
conceal
identity.
Does
that
make
it
harder
to
enforce
this.
F
Well,
I
think
one
of
the
reasons
we
put
that
in
there
is
in
our
research
on
this.
There
is
some
case
law
that,
basically,
you
know
states
that
you
have
to
have
an
element
of
intent
in
there.
Okay
and
I
think
it
also
addresses
the
the
situation
that
the
mayor
brought
up.
Obviously,
on
a
cold
day
when
people
are
wearing
these
masks
out
on
the
street,
the
officers
are
not
going
to
be.
You
know,
writing
people
tickets
on
that.
F
F
That
you
know
we're
not
going
to
be
heavy-handed
with
this
in
arresting
people
and
and
writing
tickets
right
up
with
that
we're
gonna
we're
gonna,
be
educational
and
safe.
You
know
hey,
would
you
take
your
mask
off
you're,
you
know
you're
in
the
business
here
or
can
you
can
you
pull
your
mask
down,
so
we
can
identify
you
and
not.
You
know
jump
to
enforcement
as
the
first
means
of
dealing
with
someone
in
a
mask.
G
A
You
know
that's
some
of
the
same
question.
I
wanted
to
ask
with
councilman
Sheely,
ask
and
I
I
want
to
make
sure
that
if
this
is
carried
out
even
when
the
enforcement
part
of
it
that
we
are
not
wants
to
get
the
court
if
it
has
to
go
to
court
when
they
come
up
to
a
fourth
amendment's
right,
how
do?
How
are
we
going
to
address
that?
A
If
he'll
be
able
to
prove
those
things
sometime,
because
people
might
accomplish
something
else?
And
you
don't
want
to
you
know
with
the
Fourth
Amendment
rights,
you
don't
want
to
be
going
to
court
with
that
kind
of
issue.
So
that's
why
I
was
looking
at
it
more
on
that
side
of
it.
I
know
some
of
the
young
people
up
here
is
wearing
masks
when
they're
doing
those
drive-by
shooting
like
it
was
doing
two
days
ago
and
that's
a
little
different
difference.
A
But
when
you
have
to
come
back
and
and
even
if
the
officers
have
to
go
to
court
with
that,
and
someone
will
come
back
with
a
good
lawyer
and
sue
and
say,
hey
they're
they're
violating
the
person
rights
because
of
a
case
that
you
know
case
in
point
and
that's
what
I'm
looking
at
more.
You
know
on
the
other
side
of
it,
because
it
could
extend
to
something
larger.
B
I
I
will
just
add
a
little
bit
of
what
Steve
is
telling
us
that
you,
you
adding
in
here
this
phrase,
which
is
really
important,
these
five,
or
so
words
with
the
intent
to
conceal
their
identity.
You
you're
adding
that,
as
opposed
to
just
make
it
as
a
strict
liability
Statute.
In
other
words,
with
the
absence
of
those
words,
then
anybody
wearing
a
mask
could
could
be
arrested.
So
this
this
is
adding
an
element
that
increases
the
burden
on
the
police
to
establish
that
idea
of
a
the
intent
to
conceal
our
identity.
B
F
I
could
just
add,
too
that
in
our
research
we
did
run
across
a
Virginia
appellate
court
case
that
dealt
with
a
very
similar
Statute
in
Virginia,
and
we
actually
kind
of
modeled
some
of
the
language
off
of
that
where
they
did
uphold
the
the
ordinance
or
statute
as
constitutional
as
written.
So
that's
part
of
the
reason
we
added
that
language
in-
and
some
of
the
language
we
have
in
here
is
that
it's
already
been
renewed
by
a
court
and
determined
to
be
constitutional.
J
G
B
J
J
C
H
G
B
L
So
I'll
just
go
off
the
example
there
I
don't
want
to
get
into
the
case
too
much
from
this
weekend.
I
don't
have
pictures
that
we
looked
at,
but
you
know,
let's
say
those
those
those
individuals
that
were
our
shooters
from
this
past
weekend.
They
were
riding
around
in
the
area
and
I'm
making
up
everything.
Now
it's
all
completely
made
up,
but
just.
L
If
we,
if
our
officers
would
have
seen
them
driving
around
Johnson
Street
with
mass
completely
covered
in
their
own
car,
that
would
have
been
a
reason
to
stop
them
with
this
law.
Yes,
this
law
is
on
the
books
now,
but
it
hasn't
been
touched
in
50
years,
I
think
almost
50
years
and
there's
really
not
a
clear
consensus
on
what
we
should
be
doing
after
covid.
So
there's
people
that
drive
their
cars
around
now
like
that,
but
that
would
have
just
with
this
law
updated.
We
will
do
an
education
piece.
L
We'll
actually
have
to
do
some
warnings
to
some
people
in
the
beginning,
but
that
would
have
given
us
a
tool
to
possibly
stop
a
shooting
officers
could
have
intervened
then,
once
they
stopped
them
once
they
saw
the
guns
in
the
cars
they
would
have
realized.
Well.
That
was
why
they
had
Mass
cover
in
their
face.
It
wasn't
to
stay
warm
on
an
80
degree
day.
It
was
to
conceal
their
identity
as
they
went
forward,
I'm
the
one
that
kind
of
said
hey.
Let's
we've
been
talking
about.
L
What
we
were
going
to
do
because
the
old
ordinance
really
didn't
take
into
effect
people
wearing
masks
for
health
reasons,
but
I
I
was
actually
driving
around
in
North
Charleston
a
few
weeks
or
a
couple
months
ago
now
and
saw
somebody
completely
with
a
bollock
lava
which
came
over
their
face
down
to
here.
This
is
about
all
you
could
see
and
they
walked
right
into
a
bank
and
I
was
like
oh,
my
gosh.
That
used
to
be
an
immediate
clue
that
something
bad
is
about
to
happen.
L
Luckily,
I
think
the
bank
had
safety
protocol
in
place
because
within
a
couple
minutes
he
came
walking
back
out.
He
wasn't
sprinting
down
the
street
or
anything
like
that.
I
was
listening
to
North
Charleston,
they
didn't
have
any
calls.
Everybody
went
in
the
bank.
Everything
was
fine,
but
again
that
would
have
been
if
we
saw
somebody
walking
up
to
a
bank
dressed
completely
covered
up
on
a
warm
day.
We
would
have
known
this
is
not
good
and
had
the
opportunity
to
intervene
before
they
go
into
a
rabba
bank.
L
So
that's
some
of
what
our
officers
were,
seeing
where
they
were
out
at
different
convenience
stores
where
people
would
walk
in
just
like
you
would
see
a
robbery,
video
or
in
the
movies,
or
something
like
that
or
as
I
told
the
reporter
today
walk
around
a
full
ski
mask
with
just
eye
holes
cut
out
and
a
mouth
hole
cut
out.
People
walking
around
like
that
and
that
there's
no
there's
no
health
reasons
for
that.
L
It's
built,
especially
when
you
have
the
mouth
hole
cut
out
other
than
you
know,
wanting
to
consider
your
identity
for
the
likely
to
commit
crime
and
that'll
just
give
us
a
tool
to
be
able
to
intervene
a
little
bit
earlier
when,
when
this
law
updated
and
supported
and
re-educated
for
everybody
out
there.
That
answer
your
question.
Mr
Mayor.
B
F
And
with
me
here
is
Sergeant
Morrell
and
mpo
Merrill
and
I'll
just
state
that
they
did
a
lot
of
the
research.
The
drafting
we
the
legwork
on
this
from
their
experience,
but
I'm
just
going
to
hit
the
highlights
again.
This
is
welcome
from
ending
and
then,
if
there's
any
questions
they
can,
they
can
go
into
greater
depth
as
to
as
to
the
reasons
behind
some
of
this.
F
The
biggest
thing
that
we're
doing
by
amending
this
ordinance
is
we're,
adding
a
mooring
permit
requirement
for
watercraft
and
floating
structures
that
are
mortar
anchored
for
a
period
of
more
than
14
consecutive
days,
and
the
reason
we
came
up
with
14
days
is
that
it's
actually
mandated
by
the
state
statute.
We
can't
we
can't
do
any
more
or
less
than
that
we
have
to.
F
We
have
to
go
with
the
14
consecutive
days
and
the
primary
reason
or
the
benefit
of
this
amendment
is:
it
provides
a
mechanism
to
obtain
the
contact
information
for
the
owners
of
watercraft
and
floating
structures
in
our
Waters.
So
if
there
is
a
problem,
if
they
do
become
unborn
or
unanchored
or
they're,
leaking
oil
or
Garbage
falling
off
the
boat,
we
have
a
means
to
contact
the
owner
to
ask
that
they
correct
that
situation.
F
Before
we
take
enforcement
action
and
then
again,
if
we
need
to
take
enforcement
action,
we
can
we
can
find
the
person
responsible
in
order
to
do
that
in
the
application
process.
One
of
the
requirements
as
well
is
that
the
person
have
insurance
on
the
boat
and
that
way,
if
the
boat
does,
you
know,
come
loose
and
damage
some
other
person's
property
that
that
that'll
be
covered,
hopefully
by
the
insurance
and
I'll
just
state
that
Folly
Beach
has
has
a
similar
ordinance.
F
They
actually
passed
theirs
a
few
years
ago
and
had
the
state
legislation
change
to
accommodate
localities
being
able
to
do
this,
and
it's
my
understanding
from
the
officers
that
are
here
with
me
today,
who
have
been
in
contact
with
Folly
Beach
on
a
regular
basis
and
and
contacted
them
as
part
of
the
research
and
drafting
of
this
ordinance.
That
they've
had
success
with
this
permitting
scheme
in
in
holding
owners
responsible
for
their
for
their
boats
and
correcting
problems
that
they
have.
F
F
So
those
would
also
be
regulated.
So
if
you,
you
know,
if
you
have
one
of
those
anchored
in
in
our
Waters
you're,
going
to
have
to
follow
the
the
rules
as
well
and
we'll
be
able
to
to
find
you
if
there
is
a
problem
with
that
we've
added
enforcement
and
penalty
Provisions
for
illegally
moored
and
anchored
watercraft.
F
We
also
added
a
duty
to
keep
your
watercraft
and
floating
structures
clean
and
have
enforcement
mechanisms
and
penalty
Provisions
for
those
that
fail
to
do
so
again.
For
the
you
know,
the
leaking
boats,
the
ones
that
have
trash
falling
off
from
those
those
fall
under
those
Provisions.
We
also
added
livability
Code
Enforcement
Officers
to
those
who
can
administer
and
enforce
the
provisions
of
the
ordinance,
and
then
we
did
a
little
reorganization
of
the
of
the
ordinance
with
the
definitions
and
the
purpose
and
that
that
sort
of
thing
so.
F
G
F
Is
that
you
know
with
this
with
this
ordinance
scheme
in
place,
we
can
get
at
some
of
these
problems
earlier
before
these
boats
actually
sink
to
the
bottom
of
the
water,
and
then
it
becomes.
You
know
tens
of
thousands
of
dollars
in
order
to
remove
them
than
it
would
be.
If,
if
you
know
we
get
a
hold
of
the
problem,.
B
J
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Mr
chairman
I
want
to
commend
Steve
and
our
staff
here
for
pulling
this
together.
I
think
this
is
well
needed.
We've
we've
seen
over
the
last
hurricane
Seasons,
numerous
boats
that,
frankly,
we're
well
tended
to
to
start
with
and
then
they'd
sink
and
then
we'd
wait
long
period
of
time,
because
it
would
take
a
long
time
to
get
money
from
the
state
to
pull
them
out
and
it
would
cost
a
lot
of
money.
F
G
B
B
Opposed
they
always
have
it
either.
D
is
the
approved
approaches,
body,
worn
cameras,
that's
part
of
the
replacement
plan
with
extended
warranty
amount
of
188
625
and
five
cents
I'll
entertain
a
motion
to
approve
item
D
move
for
approval.
Is
there
a
second
second
okay
Steve
anything
about
this?
One.
B
J
B
C
C
B
A
A
They'll
see
that
that's
where
a
lot
of
shooting
and
things
going
happening
in
that
district
and
on
that
area,
so
I
just
want
to
get
some
background
information
on
that
if
they
could
be
moved
to
be
placed
in
those
areas.
Because
that's
what
be
had
said
years
ago,
we
had
the
cameras
that
would
be
moved,
but
we
found
that
there's
a
high
concentration
if
you
may
on
the
area
as
such.
B
B
G
M
G
J
B
Thank
you.
Okay,
all
right,
any
questions.
Other
discussion
on
item
f,
M
CNN.
This
is
just
a
approval
to
apply
for
the
grant
all
those
in
favor
aye
aye.
Did
he
opposed
I?
Have
it
that's
all
on
the
posted
agenda,
any
other
items:
okay,
CNN.
We
are
adjourned
and
I'll,
see
you
get
done
with
you
folks
at
in
about
30
minutes
or
so.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
all
very
much
appreciate
it
and
thank
you
for
coming
over
here.
Sorry
for
the
confusion
we
are
adjourned.