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CHARLOTTE – The tents have been removed from the city property but Occupy Charlotte protestors are not leaving the site.

"I've been trying to do my piece as much as possible," said Ronald Meade, who's participated in Occupy Charlotte for the past three months. "I really care about the issues that we're facing today."

Meade is at the site between work and caring for his mother. He's never spent the night at the campsite but was unhappy to see police remove the tents Monday.

"They're [City Council] more worried about the way their lawn looks, the way the front of the city hall looks, than they are the injustices that have been done to the people of this country,” he said.

Since October, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police have allocated about $447,000 worth of resources to the Occupy campsite, protests and marches. A police officer is still watching the site 24 hours a day. And police didn't expect the new ordinances to eliminate the Occupy presence.

"People may be there and even for 24 hours, holding continual vigils and things but they have to be awake and have to be actively involved in protesting," said Capt. J.W. Estes.

Occupy Charlotte did file a complaint against the City of Charlotte hoping to get their tents back on the Old City Hall lawn. No date has been set for the hearing.