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<br /> '•wn.hip or townships where the road is The second 1981 amendment substituted"at �:s,4 ar�,
<br /> ton y ..-+.red. and shall publish a notice of such least one"for"each"preceding"newspaper"in - -. a.•,C
<br /> ons •= rin in each newspaper of general circula• the second sentence of the second paragraph. ''1
<br /> 164. •-:i published in the county" for "in at least r.;'1,.
<br /> .=n'e places along the road involved"in the sec- , '
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<br /> -1=entence of the second paragraph. •' 5:' i;;
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<br /> , : 153A-241. Closing public roads or easements. , " IN I:�'t, ';:
<br /> A county may permanently close any public road or any easement within the N ws' �why,
<br /> runty and not within a city,except public roads or easements for public roads a �" r,l.r
<br /> -arider the control and supervision of the Department of Transportation. The '!'t.0.01-.,',.'.- -0lr
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<br /> :•yard of commissioners shall first adopt a resolution declaring its intent to ` .. ,-�:'
<br /> .F `t-rt J„:ltise the public road or easement and calling a public hearing on the question. , F ::;' .Tr,,,-_.'
<br /> The board shall cause the resolution to be published once a week for four ': M ,"�'`
<br />'ay. • :accessive weeks before the hearing, a copy of the resolution to be sent by ri,yz;. i
<br /> i to t registered or certified mail to each owner as shown on the county tax records :1'4i iii'' " „1f
<br /> out :r property adjoining the public road or easement who did not join in the ') ,, s'�}f; ti'
<br /> 3 request to have the road or easement closed, and a notice of the closing and ''. {'. .', 1.�'"
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<br /> • :ublic hearing to be prominently posted in at least two places along the road t' ''rd .
<br /> -r easement. At the hearing the board shall hear all interested persons who '`
<br /> appear with respect to whether the closing would be detrimental to the public., .+, '
<br /> :rterest or to any individual property rights.If,after the hearing,the board of --r t. ` �
<br /> r mmissioners is satisfied that closing the public road or easement is not : 'lg.
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<br /> ntrary to the public interest and (in the case of a road) that no individual : 4.3,,,t ,'. i i
<br /> Anin property in the vicinity of the road or in the subdivision in which it is '.: .,,,
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<br /> :sated would thereby be deprived of reasonable means of ingress and egress l _,-:l�rrJ t: } h'
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<br /> :.)his property, the board may adopt an order closing the road or easement. A r�3V-.11' ''' •
<br /> the - ,ertified copy of the order(or judgment ment of the court)shall be filed in the office . '.
<br /> use :f the register of deeds of the county. -$.4.) '`f ':
<br /> Any erson aggrieved b the closing of a public road or an easement may r �' r,'
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<br />•ta- appeal the board of commissioners' order to the appropriate division of the r'"* },: :",�,•
<br /> General Court of Justice within 30 days after the day the order is adopted.The «?I : - . .aT
<br />▪to ` r7urt shall hear the matter de novo and has jurisdiction to try the issues arising 0 "' .•
<br /> arid to order the road or easement closed upon proper findings of fact by the ;tiore t,!..
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<br /> :rier of fact. .14:4...4:a:4..
<br /> No cause of action founded upon the invalidity of a proceeding taken in "`i : b -4,
<br /> eet closing a public road or an easement may be asserted except in an action or • . ``
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<br /> art :roceeding begun within 30 days after the day the order is adopted. '.,'" iii'•
<br /> use y. Upon the closing of a public road or an easement pursuant to this section,all I
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<br /> o richt.title, and interest in the right-of-way is vested in those persons owning 1.� x�
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<br /> :?ts or parcels of land adjacent to the road or easement, and the title of each 3,3 14:.-
<br /> ach adjoining landowner, for the width of his abutting land, extends to the center {
<br /> the ?:ne of the public road or easement.However,the right,title or interest vested i 't,;
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<br /> i be :r1 an adjoining landowner by this paragraph remains subject to any public Y; � :
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<br /> I of r:ility use or facility located on, over, or under the road or easement immedi- r • ,..,
<br /> a:ely before its closing,until the landowner or any successor thereto pays to the :. -
<br /> ::ility involved the reasonable cost of removing and relocating the facility. -yr .,;4 .",
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<br /> 1949,c. 1208, ss. 1-3; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1965, cc. 665, 801; 1971, c. 595; 1973, s,rr ..r ,,•
<br /> c 507. s. 5; c. 822, s. 1; 1977, c. 464, s. 34.) w , `yr
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<br /> Local Modification. — Guilford: 1979. c. the disposition of property within the bound- t i, ;' •F,
<br /> nis- ?_:1981.c.59. aries of a dedicated street when use of the street ' • t
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