Mud Turret Policy

[Methedex]

MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT (MUD)​

Turret Policy​

Government of the Azalea Isles​

1. Purpose
This is a policy that allows MUD better fine controls over turrets in Azalea. This will regulate them by making it illegal to have them on B,R & F plots if not properly configured. The Purposeful Plots Act 4a - Industrial Machinery may only be set up on I plots with the exception of a subset of blocks managed by MUD for non-manufacturing non-power production purposes. This is what allows the following systems to exist, as MUD is fully empowered to manage this subset of allowed blocks, and it never defines ant extents to this. Merely that it be managed by MUD. This will allow citizens to use turrets to protect themselves and others of violent crimes, so long as they are configured correctly.

2. Definitions
(a) "Property" A plot or subplot that is either owned or rented by a person or entity.
(b) "Property Owner" The person or entity who owns or rents the Property.

3. Turret Licenses
- All Turrets are illegal on B,R & F properties, without a held Turret License by the Property Owner.
- The Turret License Applies per plot. Therefore the Property Owner must get a license per property.
- Turret Licenses have a $500 administrative fee so long as their license has not been revoked.
- If a license has be revoked, it may be reinstated for $1000 administrative fee so long as it has been 2 weeks since the license was revoked.
- A turret license is a rolling agreement, any changes to the license is solely up to the license holder to keep up with and are expected to follow the policy at any given moment regardless of any policy changes.

4. Obtaining a License
- A license can by obtained by opening a MUD ticket. Which MUD will collect the related administrative fees and issue the license on a public registry on the MUD discord. Having the license as public information allows all citizens included MUD the easy ability to tell if it is a legal device placement.

5. Invalid Turret Configuration
The following makes specific turret configurations invalid on B,R & F plots.
- The turrets are NOT in peacekeeper mode.
- The turrets are set to only target police officers.
- The turrets target any individual that has not been warned for trespassing by the property owner excluding law enforcement.

6. Revoking a License
A Property can lose its license for any of the following reasons.
- Invalid Turret Configuration
- Report(s) being made against the property for not being configured properly. This is evaluated on a license by license evaluation. 1 report may not invalidate the license, but 1 may invalidate it if the given circumstances call for such, which is managed by MUD.
- The license holder is not compliant with this policy in anyway.

Its worth noting, MUD does not have to immediately revoke any license. MUD can work with license holders to try and ensure they become compliant with the policy before revoking their license, but MUD does not have to do so. However if a license holder continuously fails to follow the policy then immediate an immediate revoke should be heavily considered.

7. Purposeful Plots Act
- Having an invalid turret configuration and or having a license revoked opens the property owner to the penalties under the Purposeful Plots Act. This is the act this entire policy is built off of. It is possible to have a license revoked and then have receive an offense for not complying with the act itself.