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2 On November 15, 2011, the Board opened a public hearing to receive feedback from the public regarding the ordinance. There were no comments from the public. However, Board members did discuss the proposed Ordinance and provided several comments to staff. • Commissioner Alice Gordon conveyed concern about the appeals process and stated that appeals should be able to be made to the BOCC. Discussion among the Board members indicated the Board generally believed the appeals process, as outlined in the proposed ordinance, was acceptable. • Commissioner Gordon also indicated a concern regarding the number of times an address could be changed. • Commissioner Steve Yuhasz recommended the ordinance be more precise regarding the style of the sign for public drives, recommending the background color be blue. • Several Board members requested a more detailed explanation of the notice of violation delivery process. The County Attorney also informed the Board that the proposed Ordinance would need to be formatted and renumbered to correspond to the numbering system of the Code of Ordinances. (The Ordinance has since been renumbered to correspond with the Code of Ordinances format and is provided as an attachment. The Ordinance version as previously formatted is also included as an attachment for reference purposes.) The County Attorney also noted that the County's existing address and building ordinance would need to be repealed if the proposed new ordinance was adopted. It is expected the Ordinance will affect less than 10% (2,000 out of almost 23,000) of the addresses and less than 5% (100 out of almost 2,000) of the streets in Orange County's jurisdiction. The biggest impact will be to private unnamed drives that have three or more addresses. These drives will be required to be named and residents will be required to change their addresses to the new drive. Per North Carolina General Statute 153A-239.1, the notice for the November 15, 2011 public hearing was advertised on October 30th in The Chapel Hill Herald and again on November 2"d in the News of Orange. The County also published a press release to assist with informing the public. Staff has proposed that the Board consider adoption of the Ordinance at the Board's December 13, 2011 meeting, with a proposed effective date of January 1, 2013. The one year delay in the Ordinance becoming effective would allow time for staff to educate and work with the public to address issues and compliance concerns before the Ordinance provisions actually take effect. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with the public hearing on the proposed Addressing and Road Naming Ordinance. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board: 1) Continue the Public Hearing from the November 15, 2011 regular meeting and receive comments from the public; 2) Close the Public Hearing; 3) Provide any feedback to staff; and 4) Pending any direction otherwise, direct staff to bring the Ordinance back to the December 13, 2011 regular meeting for consideration/adoption and to repeal the County's existing address and building ordinance. Staff has proposed an effective date of January 1, 2013 for the new Ordinance.